Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen has turned down an appointment to serve in the Senate's Devolution Committee in the new changes announced by Jubilee Party on Tuesday.
On Tuesday, the party proposed Senator Murkomen as a replacement of Laikipia Senator John Kinyua who has been the chairman of the committee for the past three years.
Murkomen, however, said accepting the new post will be a slap in the face of Kinyua who stood by him when he was removed from his position as Senate Majority Leader.
"This afternoon, I learnt from the media that I had been proposed to serve in the Senate Devolution Committee in effect replacing Senator Kinyua, who is being punished for standing with me.
Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei been similarly removed as the chairman of the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee, while Meru Senator Linturi Mithika has been kicked out of the powerful Senate County Public Accounts and Investment Committee.
