Fatuma Gedi arriving to the parliament with a bag
By: Elijah Maingi
Worth Noting:
- National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi gave Gedi two days until Thursday, 2.30 pm to substantiate her claims.
- “You are the one who has undertaken to provide evidence. Ordinarily, we do not listen to the people who say they will provide evidence after two days. But given the magnitude of what you have just said, I would allow you. And therefore, on Thursday at 2:30 pm, we expect Fatuma Gedi to provide evidence,” guided the Speaker.
National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi has adjourned Parliament prematurely citing gross disorder after Embakasi East MP Babu Owino refused to leave the chamber after his order.
The Speaker had earlier ordered Mr Owino to leave the House as Wajir Woman Rep Fatuma Gedi was tabling evidence following her claims that Deputy President William Ruto had grabbed land in four Kenyan counties.
Mr Muturi had directed the Woman Rep to back her claims -which she made on Tuesday- today.
But as the MP was making her case, Mr Owino had a run in with the Speaker who ordered him out of the chamber.
However, the Embakasi East MP refused to obey with Parliament orderlies seen pleading with him to comply.
At 5:20pm, the Speaker, citing Standing Orders, adjourned the House to May 10. The House was set to adjourn today at 6:30pm to May 10.
Wajir Women Representative Fatuma Gedi had arrived in Parliament with a suitcase of documents containing evidence on the claims that Deputy President William Ruto is a land grabber.
Gedi was accompanied by National Assembly Lands Chair Rachael Nyamu to prove her allegation before house.
“This bag has evidence that am going to present of how William Ruto has grabbed land in this country and how Kenyans are not safe in his hands,” Gedi said.
National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi gave Gedi two days until Thursday, 2.30 pm to substantiate her claims.
“You are the one who has undertaken to provide evidence. Ordinarily, we do not listen to the people who say they will provide evidence after two days. But given the magnitude of what you have just said, I would allow you. And therefore, on Thursday at 2:30 pm, we expect Fatuma Gedi to provide evidence,” guided the Speaker.
On Tuesday, Gedi caused a debate in the August house after claiming that Ruto is a land grabber when she stood to make her submission pursuant to the standing orders while debating the delay in the issuance of allotment letters to residents of Msambweni Constituency.
Gedi claimed that DP Ruto has illegally obtained parcels of land in Trans Nzoia, Wajir, Taita Taveta and Nairobi counties.
“It is in the public domain including court orders where one William Ruto grabbed land and I have no apology to make. Give me two days and I will bring the details,” Gedi told the house.
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