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Bumula MP Jack Wamboka has pointed fingers at National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula, accusing him of engineering his removal as chairperson of the Public Investments Committee (PIC) on Governance and Education amid escalating political tensions in Western Kenya.
Wamboka, who is currently facing a parliamentary probe over allegations of bribery, intimidation and misconduct that led to his suspension from the committee pending investigation by the Powers and Privileges Committee, dismissed the process as politically driven and part of a wider scheme to weaken him.
Speaking on Friday during the issuance of Uwezo Funds in Bumula, an event attended by Cooperatives and MSMEs Development Cabinet Secretary Wycliffe Oparanya, Wamboka said his troubles in Parliament began immediately after his election and have since escalated into targeted political pressure.
“I have passed through a lot of intimidation through the hands of National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula ever since my election to Parliament,” he said.
He directly linked his removal from the influential committee to the Speaker’s alleged interference.
“The recent happenings where I was evicted from the parliamentary committee as the chair is Wetang’ula’s doing,” Wamboka claimed.
The Bumula legislator went further, openly challenging Wetang’ula to keep off his political affairs.
“I want to categorically tell Wetang’ula to leave me alone. I don’t owe him anything. If there is anything he thinks I owe him, let him come and ask the people of Bumula to settle with him,” he said.
Wamboka also accused the Speaker of publicly preaching Luhya unity while allegedly undermining leaders from the region behind the scenes, saying the contradiction was fueling internal divisions within Western Kenya politics.
In his remarks, Oparanya urged calm, calling for unity among leaders from the Mulembe nation and warning that public exchanges risked weakening the region’s influence in national politics.
He said Western Kenya leaders must avoid internal confrontation and instead focus on building a common political front ahead of the next elections.
“I want when we reach the elections, as the people of Western Kenya, we vote as a block. That is the only way to ensure we have a say,” Oparanya said.
However, tensions were further amplified when Linda Mwananchi ally kabuchai mp Majimbo Kalasinga came out in defence of Wamboka, describing his removal from the committee as a politically engineered witch-hunt.
“The person who removed Wamboka from that chair position is an enemy to the people of Bumula,” Kalasinga said.
He questioned the timing of the allegations against the MP, arguing that if there were genuine concerns, action would have been taken much earlier rather than at the current political moment.
Kalasinga further intensified the political undertones by signalling shifting alliances within the opposition landscape, endorsing Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna for a future presidential bid.
“We have traversed the country as Linda Mwananchi and I want to assure everyone that Sifuna will win that presidency very early in the morning,” he said.
The latest exchange underscores deepening divisions within Western Kenya’s political leadership, with Wamboka’s committee ouster now evolving into a broader contest over influence, loyalty and succession politics in the region.
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Bumula MP Jack Wamboka has pointed fingers at National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula, accusing him of engineering his removal as chairperson of the Public Investments Committee (PIC) on Governance and Education amid escalating political tensions in Western Kenya.
Wamboka, who is currently facing a parliamentary probe over
allegations of bribery
, intimidation and misconduct that led to his suspension from the committee pending investigation by the Powers and Privileges Committee, dismissed the process as politically driven and part of a wider scheme to weaken him.
Speaking on Friday during the issuance of Uwezo Funds in Bumula, an event attended by Cooperatives and MSMEs Development Cabinet Secretary Wycliffe Oparanya, Wamboka said his troubles in Parliament began immediately after his election and have since escalated into targeted political pressure.
“I have passed through a lot of intimidation through the hands of National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula ever since my election to Parliament,” he said.
He directly linked his removal from the influential committee to the Speaker’s alleged interference.
“The recent happenings where I was
evicted from the parliamentary committee
as the chair is Wetang’ula’s doing,” Wamboka claimed.
The Bumula legislator went further, openly challenging Wetang’ula to keep off his political affairs.
“I want to categorically tell Wetang’ula to leave me alone. I don’t owe him anything. If there is anything he thinks I owe him, let him come and ask the people of Bumula to settle with him,” he said.
Wamboka also accused the Speaker of publicly preaching Luhya unity while allegedly undermining leaders from the region behind the scenes, saying the contradiction was fueling internal divisions within Western Kenya politics.
In his remarks, Oparanya urged calm, calling for unity among leaders from the Mulembe nation and warning that public exchanges risked weakening the region’s influence in national politics.
He said Western Kenya leaders must avoid internal confrontation and instead focus on building a common political front ahead of the next elections.
“I want when we reach the elections, as the people of Western Kenya, we vote as a block. That is the only way to ensure we have a say,” Oparanya said.
However, tensions were further amplified when Linda Mwananchi ally kabuchai mp Majimbo Kalasinga came out in defence of Wamboka, describing his removal from the committee as a politically engineered witch-hunt.
“The person who removed Wamboka from that chair position is an enemy to the people of Bumula,” Kalasinga said.
He questioned the timing of the allegations against the MP, arguing that if there were genuine concerns, action would have been taken much earlier rather than at the current political moment.
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Kalasinga further intensified the political undertones by signalling shifting alliances within the opposition landscape, endorsing Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna for a future presidential bid.
“We have traversed the country as Linda Mwananchi and I want to assure everyone that Sifuna will win that presidency very early in the morning,” he said.
The latest exchange underscores deepening divisions within Western Kenya’s political leadership, with Wamboka’s committee ouster now evolving into a broader contest over influence, loyalty and succession politics in the region.
By Juliet Omelo