Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei was on Wednesday, November 22 kicked out of the Senate chambers where Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchhumba Murkomen was appearing for questioning.
It all started when Kiambu Senator Karungo Thang’wa rose to ask a question directed to the Transport CS in the session.
Cherargei, however requested to rise on a point of order but the speaker declined to grant him an opportunity.
Instead, Garissa Senator Abdulkadir Haji, the session speaker, asked the Nandi Senator to sit and allow Murkomen to respond to the questions first.
“Let the CS answer the questions first. You cannot raise point of order,” Senator Haji ruled.
“Cheragei at this point I will find you of order. This is not a funeral. Leave the house.”
The vocal Nandi legislator then obliged to the orders and left the chambers.
After resuming his presentation, Murkomen took a swipe at Cherargei noting, “I left this house when senators were maintaining very high level of dignity. And I think that should be kept because we really treasure you.”
The incident came against the backdrop of a public spat between Murkomen and the Nandi Senator.
The genesis of the spat between the two leaders commenced during a function held in Uasin Gishu County.
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Speaking in his local dial;ect, Murkomen called Cherargei out over his remarks suggesting that local contractors should have been picked to construct a road in the region.
Few days later, however, Cheragei got a chance to clap back after the leaking mess witnessed at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.
The Senator joined the band wagon of Kenyans calling for answers and even resignation of the Transport CS .
“Lol, fixing the leaking terminal roofs in JKIA takes a whole year then our roads in Nandi County shall not be Fixed,”’ Cheragei stated.
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Later on November 15, Cheraregi alleged that Murkomen had dodged a summon requiring him to appear before the house to answer questions on the mess.
Responding to questions about the congestion reported at the JKIA, Murkomen told the Senators that delays in screening vehicles was caused by constrained infrastructure.
“The airport dropping areas are determined by security plans within the airport,” Murkomen stated.
“Our JKIA infrastructure is a bit constrained to accommodate all the airlines and to accommodate all the packing that we require.”
