MPs today voted out one nominee who was elected among the five Kenya Kwanza favourite candidate to the East African Legislative Assembly.
In a mock election held at State House on yesterday during the Party’s Parliamentary Group meeting, five nominees were voted as Coalition’s favourites.
The members who were nominated were David Sankok, Fredrick Muteti, Zipporah Kering, Hassan Omar and Falhada Iman Dekow.
But in the actual voting on Thursday, MPs voted out Muteti and replaced him with youth leader Mwangi Maina.
Muteti emerged among the top five favourites but could not make it to EALA because of gender balance hence, Falhada was considered.
In the tally Omar got 251 votes, Kering 222, Sangkok 217, Maina 208, Muteti 189 while Falhada got 181.
Maina’s entry came as a defiance to the decision made at the State House.
It was established by The Star that Rift Valley MPs ganged up on the Wednesday’s secret ballot to deny their Mt Kenya counterparts EALA slots.
During the State House vote, Maina was defeated alongside the other nominee from the region Kubai Iringo.
It was Disclosed that a group of MPs from Rift Valley schemed on Tuesday night and lobbied their counterparts from Western Kenya, Ukambani and Coast to deny Mt Kenya any slot.
“There is a strong wind of revolt unless the region gets at least a slot in UDA, as we speak we are caucusing to ensure we deliver that during the plenary vote,” a Mt Kenya MP said then.
