Ruto allies in Ukambani in the soup over Finance Bill vote
Machakos Town MP Caleb Mule is on the first stages of facing a recall from his constituents as his colleagues in the region requested heightened security in their homes for fear of attacks after having voted to pass the Finance Bill, 2024, later withdrawn by President William Ruto after widespread protests against the tax plan.
Two Machakos Town residents, Joseph Mutinda Thomas and Thomas Mutuku Wambua, have set off Mr Mule’s recall process by notifying the law maker of their intention to recall him as provided for in Article 104 of the Constitution.
“We have been instructed by our above clients to write and address you as hereunder. That by dint of Article 104, our clients do hereby issue a notice of intention to recall you as a Member of Parliament for Machakos Town Constituency. This is precipitated on your failure to heed to their call to reject the Finance Bill, 2024.
“Consequently, our clients shall be filling the requisite petition to initiate your removal,” reads a June 24 notice to the MP by lawyer Daniel Mutinda of DM Mutinda Advocates.
The first term MP elected on a Maendeleo Chap Chap Party (MCCP) ticket is among six MPs allied to President William Ruto in Kitui, Machakos and Makueni counties who have found themselves in the soup for supporting the planned tax hike.
At the same time, security agencies were on high alert this week amid widespread rumours that anti-tax protestors targeted rural homes and businesses operated by MPs Nimrod Mbai (Kitui East), Rachael Kaki (Kitui South), Vincent Musyoka (Mwala), Fabian Kyule (Kangundo), and Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West).
Masinga MP Joshua Mwalyo who was absent when MPs voted for the controversial bill revealed that protestors had threatened to set his house on fire.
“The bill has made our lives difficult. I am among the MPs who faced direct threats of arson. We went to the State House and discussed that with the President. We are glad he is a listening President. He has withdrawn the bill,” Mr Mwalyo told reporters.
Mr Mbai has reinforced his security detail at his rural home at the sleepy Matia Village with vigilantes armed with bows and arrows.
Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka, whom analysts say is keen on riding on the wave created by the anti-tax protests across the country to assert his authority in Ukambani, is to address a series of rallies at Mr Mbai’s backyard today (Sunday). On Friday, a showdown between Mr Musyoka and Mr Mutuse played out during the burial of Magdalene Kalembe, the widow of former Kibwezi MP Kalembe Ndile.
Until her death following a short illness a week ago, Ms Kalembe was a Makueni MCA nominated by MCCP.
The first time MP who is the MCCP leader found himself in a tight spot after allies of the Wiper leader supported demonstrators who had brought business to standstill at Emali, Kibwezi, Makindu and Wote towns in calling the MP out for supporting the Finance Bill, 2024.
In a bid to reduce damage after President Ruto withdrew the Finance Bill, 2024, Mr Mutuse avoided discussing politics even as pressure mounted on him to apologize for supporting the bill. But chaos rocked the event. Mr Ndile’s orphans wailed hysterically as goons associated with Mr Mutuse and those allied to several Wiper politicians tussled.
The MP was whisked away as clerics protected the casket.
“We expected him to apologize for going against our wishes to support the proposed increase of taxes. We shall not relent,” Urbanus Wambua, a Wiper nominated MCA in Makueni County Assembly, explained the chaos.
Makueni Governor Mutula Kilonzo Junior strongly condemned the skirmishes and apologized to the bereaved family as his predecessor Kivutha Kibwana rallied politicians in the region behind the youthful anti-tax protests.
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