‘I’m capable of leading this house’ – Junet Mohammed
By Luke Oluoch, February 11, 2025Suna East ODM MP Junet Mohammed has declared his capability and readiness to lead the National Assembly as the new majority leader
Speaking on Tuesday, February 11, 2025, the Suna East MP vouched for his capability to take on the task ahead.
“I’m capable, I have the capacity and qualifications to lead. I have everything it takes to be the majority leader. I’m a seasoned politician of this house and know how the business is conducted in this house,” Junet said while addressing the house.
The politician has further lauded the ruling that confirmed the new positions, adding that he wasted little time in adjusting to his new position.
“We arrived here as a majority but for your ruling but ended up losing the numbers through your ruling. We went to court and the Court made a ruling albeit late. It’s better late than never. It said we are the majority. I so happen to be a minority leader so i switched and took the majority role,” Junet stated.
Posterity
The MP further asked the parliamentarians across the aisle to emulate their decision during the contested 2022 elections and respect the ruling he termed as a precedent for Kenya.
“The issue we need to analyze is that we need to respect the court ruling. They are important. We disputed the election results and went to court. When the courts ruled against us, we abided by the ruling. This too must be respected. It’s the ruling of the court of the Republic of Kenya,” he said.
“I want to allay fears that the majority must come from the ruling party. This ruling is for posterity. Next, in elections, we may have a government where the president does not have a majority in parliament. It doesn’t mean that business cannot be conducted. This is a precedent that parliament, executive and judiciary as our arms of government are independent,” he concluded.
High court ruling
The development comes following the landmark ruling by the courts on the status of the current National Assembly made by the Milimani High Court on Friday, February 7, 2025,
In the ruling, it was declared that the Azimio coalition was the majority party in the National Assembly.
The courts further cited that majority party coalition parties were determined by Kenyans during the August 2022 general election.