Ford Kenya party leader Moses Wetang’ula is willing to give up his senatorial position in order to serve as the speaker of the National Assembly, if William Ruto is sworn in as the fifth head of state.
While Wetang’ula will be heading to the National Assembly, his ANC counterpart Musalia Mudavadi will be taking up the role of the chief minister. This was agreed upon in a power sharing deal in May.
Speaking about the speaker matter on Friday, August 19, Wetang’ula said that he would take up the role as it would make him one of the most powerful people in the country.
“I am going to be the third in command of the country. I pray to God that he gives me the wisdom to lead the National Assembly and coordinate well with the Senate. We will bring good laws to this country, advocate for pro-people budgets and ensure that Kenya will never be the same again,” the recently elected senator said.
According to him, Kenya Kwanza will clinch the position because they have more numbers of MPs compared to their Azimio counterparts.
“We have the numbers, so people should not be worried. Leaders from the Northern part of Kenya and some independents have joined us and we will see to it that this country goes in the right direction,” he added.
Kenya Kwanza won 159 MP seats while Azimio got 162. Recently, Kenya Kwanza welcomed 10 MPs who won the seats on Independent tickets.
The constitution requires Wetang’ula to first resign as senator before contesting for the National Assembly speaker job.
Earlier, reports indicated that Kenya Kwanza might not nominate him as speaker because the move would weaken their position in the senate and that might also see them lose the senate speaker job that was set aside for Pamoja African Alliance leader Amason Kingi.
So far, Kenya Kwanza has 24 senators while Azimio has 23.
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