JUMA: Removal threats against Wetang’ula far-fetched

The political colossus called Wetang’ula has weathered many storms, some quite intense

by NICK JUMA

News02 March 2025 - 13:35

In Summary

- Whenever any political drama surrounds Speaker Wetang’ula, the common story is that he is being persecuted for refusing to fold his party, Ford Kenya, to join the ruling UDA, as did his counterpart, Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi.
- The Speaker will surely be aware that the forces gunning for him are many and diverse. In the fast-changing political scene, his seat may even become part of the negotiation items on the table.

If you doubt that National Assembly Speaker Moses Masika Wetang’ula, is a brave man, you only need to recall 1982, when as a young lawyer, he stepped forward to represent the coup plotters of that year, led by Senior Private Hezekiah Ochuka, at their treason trial.

This was under the infamous single-party rule, and a police state, in any association with people who had just tried to overthrow the constitutional order could have been seen as inviting jail or death.

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