Former Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa has pleaded with President Uhuru Kenyatta to have mercy and pardon Mumias East MP Benjamin Washiali, the Majority Chief Whip, amid a looming purge as the Head of State seeks to stamp control over the Jubilee parliamentary leadership.
Mr Washiali alongside Majority Leader Adan Duale, Deputy Majority Whip Cecily Mbarire and Budget and Appropriation Committee chairman Kimani Ichungwa are likely to face the ongoing purge targeting Jubilee rebels in the Senate and the National Assembly as the war between the President and his deputy William Ruto intensifies.
Let him crack the whip and organise his party," said Mr Savula, amid revelations that a group of MPs from the Western region ha fronted Navakholo MP Emmanuel Wangwe to take up the Majority Whip position from Mr Washiali and Ikolomani MP Bernard Shinali to replace Mr Wangwe as vice chairperson of the Agriculture Committee.
"I request President Kenyatta to refer to IEBC and he will realise that Mr Washiali delivered over 8,000 votes against Mr Wangwe's 2,000," added Mr Echesa.
While some quarters argue that Mr Duale has performed well by promoting Government agenda in the House and was likely to be pardoned, Cotu Secretary General Francis Atwoli insists that the Garissa Town MP must be shown the door if Mr Washiali will be removed from his position.
