PoliticsThe job description of the new position remains hazy and it seems to duplicate duties handled by the majority leader and majority whip. And in the wake of Kimunya’s fortunes, National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale’s misfortunes have begun with Jubilee Party Vice Chairman David Murathe, saying Kimunya is now above the Garissa Township MP. However, it places him at the upper echelons of Jubilee Party, where he can play in the highest league of national politics. Now Kimunya will be the boss of the Parliamentary Group, placing him on the level of a Cabinet Secretary and above the position of the majority leader,” says Murathe. Kimunya says the position is not new as it is stipulated in the Jubilee constitution, only that it never had a substantive holder.

Source: Standard Digital June 06, 2020 18:11 UTC