Suba North MP Millie Odhiambo has expressed her suspicion over the ruling on who the majority side is in parliament set to be made by Moses Wetangula this Wednesday, February 12, 2025.

Speaking during an interview on a local TV, Odhiambo alluded to a possible unfavourable ruling for her minority side.

Speaker Wetagula is scheduled to rule over the majority-minority impasse this Wednesday afternoon, following extensive deliberation on the floor of parliament on Tuesday evening.

During the deliberations, house speaker Moses Wetangula categorically stated that the issue at hand remains a house matter to determine, adding that courts did not have the capacity and cannot rule on who the majority is.

The speaker will be guided by a letter submitted to him after Deputy Speaker Gladys Shollei revealed petitioning the register of parties to avail the document that has the position of individual parties in the coalition.

Millie has however hinted at a possible breach as she hinted possibility of the speaker’s decision to favour the government side of Kenya Kwanza.

Suspect

“We were waiting for the letter from the register of political parties. It’s the reality of why the speaker allowed the discussions to go on. It will give what the current membership of coalitions is. I have not looked at it but highly suspect it will be titled towards Kenya Kwanza. It was an issue with the original suit. The affidavit of the speaker alluded that register took long and cast aspersion,” Millie remarked.

“It’s good that the register moved with speed and while we were debating the letter came. What I can tell without looking at it, I highly suspect it has breached the law,” she stated.

This comes after the MP boldly challenged the speaker to resign from his role citing a case of conflict of interest.

In her assertion, Millie claimed that Wetangula should take the step in compliance to the court’s decision.

“Mr Speaker, I humbly request you to step down and mandate Gladys Boss Shollei in discharging functions as the speaker because of your conflict of interest. Mr Speaker I want to urge that as a parliament we need to obey court rulings and decisions, even if we don’t agree with them,” she stated.

Wetang’ula responds

Responding to Millie’s sentiments, Wetang’ula dismissed her call for his resignation noting that there is no motion presented before the house about his conduct as Speaker

“Yours truly as speaker, I do not debate or vote. I hold a position of honour to preside over your proceeding, anybody who wants to say anything about judgement, I’m going to give you an opportunity and it is going to be upon yours truly to give a ruling on the matter, it must also be made very clear as we listen to each other and that neither the court nor other authority outside this chamber can make declarations that affect the conduct of business here except by voting and the speaker giving you rulings,” he said.