Milimani High Court on Friday, February 7, 2025, declared the Azimio coalition as the majority party in the National Assembly.
The judgement was delivered by a three-judge bench stating that Kenya Kwanza is not the majority party in the National Assembly.
Justices John Chigiti, Lawrence Mugambi, and Jairus Ngaah ruled on the matter.
The case was filed in 2023 by 12 individuals who identified themselves as registered voters.
They contended that 171 members of the National Assembly were elected on the tickets of political parties that formed the Azimio coalition while 165 members of the National Assembly were elected on Kenya Kwanza coalition parties’ tickets.
They stated in their court documents that going by the results, the Azimio coalition became the majority party in the National Assembly after the August 9, 2022 General Elections. Azimio coalition could not be determined by the Speaker of the National Assembly.
He also argued that “in so far as the petition seeks to determine a dispute between political parties and coalitions, the court lacks the power to entertain the dispute” the Reason being that the petitioners had not exhausted all the available dispute resolution mechanisms.
The petitioners were also aggrieved that although Moses Wetangula was elected the Speaker of the National Assembly, he held and still holds the position of the leader of Ford-Kenya party; that he is a member of the Kenya Kwanza Forum of Party leaders; and, that he is an ex officio member of the coalition parliamentary group of Kenya Kwanza.
By People’s Daily