NAIROBI, KENYA: Embattled Nairobi Women Representative Rachael Shebesh has now resigned from all Parliamentary committees following much publicized reports of her altercations with Senator Mike Sonko. The Nairobi MP made the move following media reports that she has been involved in a physical fights with Sonko, twice in the past week. She wrote to Jubilee Chief Whip Katoo Ole Metito informing him of her decision even as the Jubilee leadership in Parliament initiated efforts to reconcile her with Sonko. The resignation letter is copied to leader of Majority Aden Duale and TNA chairman Johnson Sakaja. In the letter she also thanked her party TNA for according her the opportunity to serve in the select and departmental committees. Shebesh also told the Jubilee leadership that she has consequently withdrawn her candidature from the membership of Pan African Parliament, which is based in South Africa. The standing orders provide that a member can resign from any committee by writing to the Chef Whip of his/her party and the party can replace that member.
Posted on: Thu, 03 Oct 2013 17:36:12 +0000