Duale under pressure to quit over terror list
147 Croatian students lie on the ground for 147 seconds in front of the Zagreb University building in Zagreb, Croatia, on April 16, 2015, to voice solidarity with the victims of an attack by Somalia's Al-Qaeda linked Shebab on the university of Garissa in northeastern Kenya on April 2. AFP PHOTO / STRINGER
What you need to know:
- Mr Duale said he only offered to provide a list of terrorists in his community.
- However, some MPs from the coalition disassociated themselves from the statement, saying it would cause divisions and affect the war on corruption.
- They warned that they might move to court if the President continued to sanction what they called illegal interventions that risked plunging Kenya into anarchy.
Jubilee MPs are piling pressure on Majority Leaders Aden Duale to step aside over a promised list of terrorist sympathisers.
Close to 10 MPs, led by TNA chairman Johnstone Sakaja said northeastern leaders were taking too long to produce the list while nominated MP (TNA) Maison Leshoomo said Mr Duale should step aside until he is able to produce it.
“If he knows who is behind the terror attacks, why is he taking so long to give us the list?” she said at a press briefing at Parliament yesterday.
However, some MPs from the coalition disassociated themselves from the statement, saying it would cause divisions and affect the war on corruption.
Mr Jamleck Kamau, Mr Kimani Ichungwa and Moses ole Sakuda said Mr Duale and leaders in the northeast had to show commitment in the fight against terrorism.
Two weeks ago, Mr Duale and other leaders from northeastern Kenya promised to produce a list of terrorists and their sympathisers within 30 days.
TERRORISTS IN HIS COMMUNITY
Mr Duale said he only offered to provide a list of terrorists in his community.
“We spent seven days in Garissa, Wajir and Mandera talking to sheiks and we agreed to regulate madrasas and mosques,” he said.
On the calls to step aside he said: “Only the Jubilee coalition can tell me to leave my position.”
Meanwhile, Cord senators yesterday criticised the government’s commitment to tackling insecurity.
They warned that they might move to court if the President continued to sanction what they called illegal interventions that risked plunging Kenya into anarchy.
Led by Senate Minority Leader Moses Wetang’ula, the senators said the government was tackling the security situation through knee-jerk reactions.
They cited the decision to build a security wall on the Kenya-Somalia border.
“Walls have not solved security challenges in other countries. What if the terrorists bomb the wall?” Mr Wetang’ula said.
Additional reporting Dennis Odunga
