The ailing Jubilee Party SG Raphael Tuju will today make a verdict about the expelled five nominated Senators.
The five nominated Senators disloyalty will be under consideration today as the Tuju leads Jubilee party meeting today to decide on whether to challenge the Political Parties Disputes Tribunal (PPDT) that overturned the ruling party’s decision.
According to Jubilee secretary-general Raphael Tuju, the party’s National Management Committee (NMC) will meet to deliberate on the decision and agree on whether to appeal, start a fresh process of kicking out the “renegades” from the party or simply let the matter rest. He said,
“We have scheduled a meeting of NMC for Monday where we shall discuss the matter and agree on the way forward.”
The tribunal had on Wednesday last week faulted Jubilee for what it said was failure to follow its own party regulations and the principles of fair administrative action in expelling the five senators. The ruling was delivered on Wednesday.
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The five are Millicent Omanga, Mary Seneta, Naomi Waqo, Falhada Dekow and Victor Prengei.
However, favoured the ruling party, the ruling on a case filed by Senator Isaac Mwaura which was delivered on Friday.
The tribunal upheld a decision of the ruling party to expel Mr Mwaura on grounds of indiscipline.
With the decision finding no fault, the tribunal chaired by Desma Nungo found that the party had followed due process in expelling the senator and the internal mechanisms were exhausted.
Unless the party leader — President Kenyatta — intervenes and pardons him, the ruling paves way for the Registrar of Political Parties to remove Mr Mwaura’s name from membership of the party.
As he seeks to have the execution of the tribunal’s ruling and the party’s decision stayed, Mr Mwaura is, however, likely to move to court to challenge the expulsion and The tribunal dismissed Mr Mwaura’s claims that the party had not furnished him with the details of the charge levelled against him.
But for the five, the tribunal ruled that it was unfair for Jubilee not to give them a chance to effectively rebut the claims against them.
“A declaration is hereby issued that the decision to expel the applicants was unlawful and against the Jubilee Constitution,” the tribunal ruled.
PPDT, however, ruled Jubilee can still initiate a fresh disciplinary process. Mwaura, who was facing accusations of disloyalty to the party and advocating for the interests of the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) associated with Deputy President William Ruto, had filed a separate case from his colleagues.
Mr Tuju had in February said the six had been fingered on “disciplinary violations as per Article 13 of the party’s Constitution”.
In the deliberations in the party’s disciplinary committee, Ms Omanga, Ms Seneta, Ms Waqo and Mr Prengei are accused of skipping the State House Senate Parliamentary Group meeting convened by President Kenyatta in May last year.
