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Ekuru Aukot Storms Thirdway Alliance Offices With Goons, Threatens to Kill Party Officials

by Mustafa Juma
written by Mustafa Juma

Drama ensued on Thursday October 1, 2020 at Thirdway Alliance party headquarters in Nairobi when expelled party leader Dr Ekuru Aukot stormed their office premises with armed goons.

According to information shared by the party on their social media pages, Aukot stormed the party offices in the company of about 20 goons.

Dr Aukot was barred from accessing the premises following his suspension from the party over allegations of financial impropriety and lack of transparency to party members.

According to party secretary-general Fredrick Okango, Aukot made way to the offices where there was an altercation that led the destruction of property.

“We told them that unless they have a court order, we will not give them access to the office,” Okango told a local blog.

He also stated that the former presidential aspirant demanded to collect his belongings. Aukot is also said to have threatened to kill some of the party officials and employees present during the debacle.

The matter has since been reported at Muthangari Police station under OB No. 31/01/10/2020.

On September 11, the party wrote to Aukot demanding Ksh5 million for allegedly using Party office to conduct private business.

In a letter by lawyer Edwin Saluny on behalf of the Party, Aukot was asked to pay the amount in seven days or risk “recovery action” at his own costs.

The party said he used its offices to conduct private business for his law firm, EA LAW consulting, hence they would charge him a monthly rent of Ksh150,000.

“On diverse dates between February 2018 and August 2020, you used our client’s offices to conduct your private commercial business under EA LAW consulting, full particulars and information whereof is well within your knowledge. A proper computation of the period within which you unlawfully used our clients offices is for a period of 30 months. To that extent, our client’s charges are at the rate of Ksh150,000 per month,” the letter reads in part.

Aukot is also accused of sponsoring goons to break a door to the offices, which was been valued at Ksh500,000.

“On or about 27th August 2020, you caused a group of goons to destroy a double mahogany wooden door that grants access to the offices of our client. The costs of replacement of the said door is assessed at Ksh500,000,” added the letter.

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Embattled Ekuru Aukot Barred From Accessing Third Way Alliance Party Offices

by Mustafa Juma
written by Mustafa Juma

Embattled Thirdway Alliance party leader Ekuru Aukot has been barred by Political Parties Disputes Tribunal from accessing his party offices.

The Tribunal on Tuesday September 1, 2020 gave an order on barring the suspended Aukot, his servant, agents, or employees from accessing or entering the party’s offices pending the hearing and determination of his disciplinary case by party members.

Aukot was suspended on August 26 over allegations of financial impropriety and lack of transparency to party members.

Thirdway Alliance National Executive Committee (NEC) suspended Aukot following a meeting held at the party’s headquarters.

The party had sought a prohibitory injunction from the Political Parties Disputes Tribunal proscribing Aukot, his servants from accessing the office or dealing in any manner with the members of  NEC.

The Certificate of Agency from the party filed on August 31 demanded that Aukot be barred until the party Disciplinary Committee made its ruling on September 4.

Deputy Director of the Political Parties Disputes Tribunal granted the party their wishes, giving Aukot and interested parties seven days to file their complaints.

The tribunal will hold a virtual meeting with the concerned parties on September 9 to confirm compliance.

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MPs vow to shoot down Ekuru Aukot’s Punguza Mizigo Bill

by Mustafa Juma
written by Mustafa Juma

Members of Parliament are plotting to exploit a loophole in the Constitution by ‘sitting’ on Ekuru ukot’s Punguza Mizigo Bill should it get the backing of at least 24 county assemblies as required for it to be submitted to Parliament.

Article 257 of the Constitution that provides for the popular initiative path does not give timelines within which Parliament should introduce the Bill, handing lawmakers a lethal weapon against the initiative.

“If a county assembly approves the draft Bill within three months after the date it was submitted by the Commission, the speaker of the county assembly shall deliver a copy of the draft Bill jointly to the speakers of the two Houses of Parliament, with a certificate that the county assembly has approved it.

“If a draft Bill has been approved by a majority of the county assemblies, it shall be introduced in Parliament without delay,” reads the Article.Several MPs disclosed that they may decide to exploit the loophole in a protest against the Ekuru Aukot-led Thirdway Alliance for allegedly not engaging stakeholders in coming up with the Bill.

According to the Standard, several MPs have disclosed that they may decide to exploit the loophole in a protest against the Ekuru Aukot-led Thirdway Alliance for allegedly not engaging stakeholders in coming up with the Bill.

The Punguza Mizigo Bill, which also proposes a single seven-year presidential term and installs Senate as the upper house, however, was backed by 1.2 million voters — more than the 1 million needed for the electoral commission to submit the draft Bill to county assemblies. 

At the heart of the plot is a bid by MPs to protect President Uhuru Kenyatta and Opposition chief Raila Odinga’s Building Bridges Initiative (BBI), which is expected to come up with a Bill for a referendum.

Raila has expressly asked his supporters to ignore the Punguza Mizigo Bill, and yesterday the Siaya county assembly rejected it after members approved a Justice Committee report that recommended its rejection.

Jubilee, through Secretary General Raphael Tuju, has said the ruling party was for the BBI, giving the strongest indication that the two main parties may use their numerical strengths in both county assemblies and Parliament to frustrate the passage of the Bill.

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Gladys Shollei seeks to outsmart Ekuru Aukot with her ‘Ongeza Mizigo’ bill

by Mustafa Juma
written by Mustafa Juma

Uasin Gishu Woman Representative Gladys Shollei has sought to increase the number of electoral units designated for women from the current 47 to 136.

Through Constitution of Kenya (Amendments) Bill, 2019, the Woman MP also seeks to increase the number of senators from the current 67 to 100 members.

If enacted, the number of nominated members to the National Assembly will also increase from the current 12 to 22.This latest proposal comes in the backdrop of other parallel initiatives seeking amend the 2010 Constitution.

The bill also also seeks to have more women in the 47 county assemblies in yet another fresh effort to resolve the elusive gender parity.

This latest proposal comes in the backdrop of other parallel initiatives seeking amend the 2010 Constitution.

Currently, Punguza Mizigo Bill by Ekuru Aukot’s Third Way Alliance Party leader Ekuru Aukot is before the 47 county assemblies for approval before it can be subjected to a referendum.

In the Senate, the Bill proposes that each of the 47 counties elect a man and a woman, bringing the number of senators to 94.

The House will further nominate four persons with disability and two youths.“Clause 5 of the Bill proposes to amend Article 98 to provide for election of two members of the Senate of each gender by the electorate in the counties.

The clause also proposes the nomination of four persons with disability and two youths,” reads the Bill ready for tabling in the National Assembly.

In the National Assembly, the Bill wants the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to create electoral units that will be designated for women at least 12 months before a general election.

It proposes that two adjacent constituencies in each county be used as electoral units in electing the 136 women to the National Assembly.

This implies that a county with eight constituencies will have four women lawmakers in addition to the eight elected to represent the single consistencies, bringing the total number to 12.

But in counties with od number of constituencies, three constituencies with the least number of voters will be used as a single unit to elect a woman.

The proposal means the number of MPs in the two Houses will shoot to about 535 from the current 416.This is on assumption that the 290 constituencies will be used to create an additional 145 electoral units for women.

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How 6 armed men raided Ekuru Aukot’s office shortly after winning referendum push

by Mustafa Juma
written by Mustafa Juma

Barely hours after Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) verifying over one million signatures from Dr Ekuru Aukot’s Punguza Mizigo initiative, an armed gang allegedly raided his office in Lavington, Nairobi.

It is alleged that Dr Aukot’s Thirdway Alliance Party Secretary General Fredrick Okang’o was shot and injured in an ugly scene that occurred on Thursday night.

According to Ekuru Aukot, six armed men raided their office and shot Okang’o but fortunately he managed to escape before they took away his life.

“Our party office Thirdway Kenya in Lavington, Chalbi drive has just been invaded by 6 armed men in Nairobi. They have shot at our SG Fredrick Okang’o who ran and hid inside one of the offices. This comes barely few hours after Punguza Mizigo Bill passed. This a cowardly act,” Aukot posted on Twitter.

The motive of the attack is however not yet to be established.

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