Trevor Ombija had a difficult time in moderating a discussion with Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna, his Tana River counterpart Dansan Mungatana and Dadaab MP Farah Maalim.
This is after things got tensed between Mungatana and Sifuna, with the two engaging in a heated argument.
It all began when Mungatana portrayed opposition leaders as people who don’t like participating in parliamentary debates after they missed the presidential debate in 2022.
While responding to him, Sifuna however said that he wouldn’t have attended the debate to listen to lies from the sitting president William Ruto.
“My brother Mungatana was trying to paint a picture of us in the opposition as people who don’t like to participate in debates. And he’s trying to conflate my decision not to sit there and listen to Ruto’s lies during the presidential debate, I think during that presidential debate nobody is allowed to speak” Sifuna said.
Mungatana however cut him short taking issue with Sifuna’s move to brand the head of state a liar.
“No. Let’s be parliamentary,” Mungatana said.
“We are not in parliament, how can we be parliamentary? We’re on TV. Kingi is not here to protect you… This is not your show, it is his (Trevor Ombija) show let him be the one to tell me what I can say or not,” Sifuna responded.
“Talk with respect Sifuna. This is not an ODM rally. You can’t come here and start name-calling the president. You can’t say the president is not saying the truth,” Mungatana hit back at him.
Sifuna: I refused to listen to President Ruto’s lies during the presidential debate.
Mungatana: This isn’t an ODM rally, you can’t call the President a liar. Let’s be parliamentary.
Sifuna: We’re not in Parliament; this is TV. Speaker Kingi is not here to protect you #DayBreak pic.twitter.com/GYxCLAlbHu
— Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) February 1, 2024
