Ruto MPs brace for showdown with Uhuru-Raila camp over parties' law
Kenyan MPs in a sitting of Parliament. The National Assembly Speaker has since recalled MPs from holiday for the second time in two weeks to debate the proposed legislation that seeks to legalise political party coalitions and restrict their registration to six months to a general election. PHOTO | FILE
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and his renegade deputy William Ruto are set to test the power balance in parliament when debate on controversial proposed changes to the political parties law resumes on December 29.
The president’s side, backed by opposition MPs affiliated to former prime minister Raila Odinga’s ODM party, thought it had done enough to settle the contest in the 349-member National Assembly when it won 113-68 in the first round of voting Tuesday.
