Why Cherargei Was Thrown Out of Senate During CS Murkomen Grilling

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Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei was on Wednesday, November 22 kicked out of the Senate after causing drama during Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen’s plenary session grilling.

The drama started when Senator Cherargei lamented about not being allowed to ask CS Murkomen questions despite arriving at the chamber early.

Garissa senator Abdul Haji who was chairing the plenary session asked Cherargei to wait for Murkomen to respond to questions that had been asked already before he could ask further questions.

“You can not raise a point of order, let him finish the questions then you can rise,” Haji told the Nandi Senator.

Cherargei however stood up from his seat at claimed that the Transport CS has been abusing him at funerals and he needed to raise questions about roads on behalf of the Nandi residents.

“The CS has been insulting me at funerals…I am here on behalf of the people of Nandi, I must speak here. This is the issue of roads,” the UDA senator stated.

Haji then ordered Cherargei to get out of the Senate saying he was interfering with the business of the house.

“Senator Cherargei I have actually shown you the dashboard. At this point I will have to ask you to leave the house, please leave the house so that we can continue with the business,” Haji directed.

CS Murkomen before proceeding with answering questions raised by the senator mentioned that he left the senate maintaining high standards adding that they should be kept.

“I left this house maintaining a very high level of dignity and I think that should be kept because we really trust and cherish you,” said Murkomen.

The Transport CS has been at loggerheads with Senator Cherargei since clashing at a Funeral in Nandi in October.

The Nandi senator opposed the awarding of a road tender in the county to a non-local contractor

His sentiments did not sit well with CS Murkomen, who said everyone was treated equally in the tendering process.

The Transport CS went on to say that if President Ruto had used Cherargei’s brain, the country would have plunged into a crisis.

“I want to teach you something. If the President was using a brain like yours, we would not be having the country now,” Murkomen told the Nandi Senator.