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Nominated Senator Isaac Mwaura has been kicked out of Senate and his seat declared vacant.
This is following a decision by Jubilee Party to expel him after he was accused of campaigning for a candidate of a different political outfit.
Senate Speaker Kenneth Lusaka declared the seat previously occupied by Mwaura vacant in a gazette notice.
“It is notified for the information of the general public that pursuant to Article 103 (1) (e) (i) of the Constitution and section 37 of the Elections Act, the seat of the Member of the Senate elected under Article 98 (1) (d) of the Constitution and held by Hon. Isaac Mwaura Maigua became vacant, with effect from the 7th May, 2021. Dated the 10th May, 2021.”
Read gazette notice no. 4597
On February 8 this year, Jubilee Secretary General Raphael Tuju said the National Management Committee (NMC) had met and deliberated on a report filed by the party’s disciplinary committee.
The report saw the expulsion of nominated Senators: Isaac Mwaura, Seneta Mary Yiane, Waqo Naomi Jilo, Omanga Millicent, Prengei Victor, Iman Dekow and Gona Christine Zawadi.