The MPs’ opponents in the 2017 election have been given plum public jobs as a way of taming them. However, in an interview with the Nation, Secretary-General Raphael Tuju and National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale denied that the party plans to de-whip the MPs. After the induction, he said, members who will not adhere to the party’s ideals will be punished, Mr Tuju said. Mr Duale also said there were no plans to de-whip members and that some of the leaders' remarks over the weekend were their democratic freedom. They should be replaced with members who will drive the President's agenda," he told the Nation.

Source: Daily Nation May 15, 2019 06:56 UTC