Ford-Kenya row escalates as officials are expelled
Ford Kenya party leader Moses Wetang'ula addresses journalists in Nairobi on August 17, 2020 after the party’s National Executive Council voted to expel Tongaren MP Eseli Simiyu, his Kanduyi counterpart Wafula Wamunyinyi and Nominated MCA Cynthia Mutere.
Also expelled by the Wetang’ula group was Busia nominated ward representative, Ms Cynthia Mutere.
Bungoma Governor Wycliffe Wangamati, supported Dr Simiyu, saying Mr Wetang’ula does not bear any authority.
On Monday, Mr Wetang’ula took a swipe at the registrar, asking her to uphold valid court orders.
Bungoma Senator Moses Wetang’ula’s faction in Ford-Kenya on Monday voted to expel Tongaren MP Eseli Simiyu and his Kanduyi counterpart Wafula Wamunyinyi, kick-starting a fresh storm in the troubled party.
While Mr Wetang’ula said the expulsion of Dr Simiyu, who served as the party’s secretary-general, and Mr Wamunyinyi, who was voted by the Simiyu faction as the new party leader to take over from the Bungoma senator, was legal, the Simiyu faction said the decision was against a court order and, at any rate, lacked quorum.
