Kamba UDA Leaders Push For CS Mutua's Sacking for Failure to Dissolve His Party

By MWINGI TIMES CORRESPONDENT 

Mbai accused Mutua of defying the President by failing to dissolve the Maendeleo Chap Chap Party despite what he said was a request from President Ruto for leaders serving in government to fold their political parties at will. "Even after failing to honour the President's call to dissolve his party, Mutua continues to finance Maendeleo Chap Chap using earnings from his position as a Cabinet Secretary in President Ruto's administration," Mbai alleged.

Records indicated that Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi and the Senate Speaker Amason Kingi have already respectively folded their Amani National Congress and the Pan African Allaince parties and joined UDA.

Mbai, a second-term UDA legislator, said leaders from the Ukambani region who support the Kenya Kwanza administration had grown frustrated with Mutua's conduct and were demanding his removal if he failed to dissolve MCC within 10 days.

The Kitui East MP spoke on Monday during a special thanksgiving service held at a church in Zombe Market in Kitui East Constituency to celebrate his recovery from a prolonged illness.

"If Mutua does not dissolve his party within 10 days, President Ruto should dismiss him and appoint Musyoka Kawaya as Cabinet Secretary instead," Mbai said.

His remarks were echoed by State House Director of Coordination Boniface Musambi, who attended the event. Among the leaders present were Mwala MP Vincent Musyoka, Kitui South MP Rachel Nyamai, Kitui County Assembly Speaker Kevin Katisya, and UDA aspirant for the Mwingi Central parliamentary seat Joe Mutambu.

Mbai argued that Mutua's continued leadership of the Maendeleo Chap Chap Party could undermine political unity in the Ukambani region at a time when Kenya Kwanza leaders are seeking to consolidate support for President Ruto's re-election bid in the 2027 General Election.

Mbai said government-allied leaders did not want Mutua to become an obstacle to President Ruto's campaigns in the region and would formally petition the President to remove him from the Cabinet should he fail to dissolve MCC within the stipulated period.

According to MP Mbai, Kenya Kwanza leaders already face formidable political competition in the region from Kalonzo Musyoka's Wiper Party and Charity Ngilu's Narc-Kenya Party, making internal rivalry among parties allied to the government unnecessary and counterproductive. "We should not allow political formations that create divisions or weaken our region's political alignment. We need to face our political rivals as a united front within the government," he said.

The thanksgiving service, which marked Mbai's recovery after a prolonged illness, attracted political leaders, religious leaders and hundreds of residents from across Kitui East Constituency.