Sifuna removed as Senate Deputy Minority Whip

Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna has been removed as the Senate Deputy Minority Whip, with Migori Senator Eddy Oketch appointed to replace him. The changes were communicated to the House by Senate Speaker Amason Kingi on Thursday afternoon. The move is the latest setback for Sifuna, who, alongside Embakasi East MP Babu Owino and Siaya Governor James Orengo, has been leading the dissenting ODM faction known as Linda Mwananchi. On July 9, the Office of the Registrar of Political Parties formally recognized Sifuna's removal as ODM Secretary-General, bringing to an end a prolonged leadership dispute within the party. The fate of Sifuna's membership in the Senate County Public Accounts Committee and the National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations Committee, positions he holds through ODM, is yet to be determined.