Kimilili MP Didimus Barasa during a press conference in his office on January 3, 2018. [Photo| the-star]Kimilili Member of Parliament Didimus Barasa has threatened to lead Jubilee MPs from Western region to join the National Super Alliance (NASA).According to Barasa, President Uhuru Kenyatta has short-changed leaders from the region after failing to re-appoint Water Cabinet Secretary (CS) Eugene Wamalwa in his new cabinet. “CS Wamalwa was the face of Jubilee in Bungoma and Trans-Nzoia Counties. Kicking him out has eroded the gains Jubilee had made in the region. We shall have no business remaining in Jubilee after the ouster of our team leader Wamalwa,” said Barasa as quoted by the Standard, Tuesday. Barasa further dismissed claims by a sections of analysts that the election of former Bungoma Governor Kenneth Lusaka as the Senate Speaker may have led to Uhuru dropping CS Wamalwa, considering the two leaders come from the same region.“It is the CS post that will help Bungoma and Trans-Nzoia residents. During the first term of President Kenyatta, we had two CS’s posts. Apart from Wamalwa, we now demand for two more posts, since we mobilized our supporters to overwhelmingly vote for Jubilee,” Barasa added. Kenyatta is yet to name full list of his new cabinet who will serve in his second and last term in office. He however retained six ministers and brought in three new faces in his first round of unveiling the list.

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