Mumias East Member of Parliament Peter Salasya has blamed former Prime Minister Raila Odinga after he was removed from the Departmental Committee on Regional Development.
Speaking on Thursday, March 6, Salasya said his removal from the committee is because of Raila’s deal with President William Ruto.
“I was removed from the Committee on Regional Integration and placed in the Committee of Broadcasting and Library Services, I was also taken to the Committee on Welfare. That shows that what Raila is telling the people that he is consulting is a lie. That man is selfish. That man has already sealed the deal with Ruto,” said Salasya.
The Mumias East lawmaker went on to say that being removed from the Regional Development Committee won’t stop him from developing his constituency.
“It will not stop me from delivering, with CDF I can still develop my constituency. I want to tell those MPs who think that by removing us from committees they will they will defeat me in terms of development, it will not happen because I am a good planner,” he stated.
Further Salasya vowed to go after the ODM party in the western region and finish its dominance.
“We are going to finish ODM in Kakamega and Western. I am serious about it. After all, we are with the people,” Salasya added.
Salasya was on Wednesday removed from the Departmental Committee on Regional Development and replaced with Rongo MP Paul Abuor.
In other changes, Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro was removed as chairperson of the National Assembly Committee on Budget and Appropriations, Gathoni Wamuchomba was removed as chairperson of the Constitutional Oversight and Implementation Committee, and Embakasi North MP James Gakuya who was axed as a chairperson of the trade committee.
Other MPs who were removed from powerful House committees include: Gatanga MP Edward Muriu, Juja MP George Koimburi, Roysambu MP Mwafrika Augustine Kamande, and Kajiado North MP Onesmus Ngogoyo.
By Nairobileo