Thirdway Alliance ousts senior officials over gross misconduct
Thirdway Alliance Kenya has ousted four leaders over alleged gross misconduct, indiscipline and misdemeanour.
The four include National Chairman Daniel Miruru Waweru, Deputy Party Leader Angela Mwikali, National Women Leader Giovanna Bunei and Deputy Youth leader Joan Lagat.
According to the party’s Secretary-General Fredrick Okango, the expelled members had violently ignored, sabotaged all attempts at dispute resolution and frustrated all the efforts by National Executive Committee to seek an amicable solution.
“That the decision to expel the four members was made after extensively after attempting to explore the provisions of Articles 14 and 25 of the party constitution that provides for the Disciplinary measures of the party officials and Internal Dispute Resolution Mechanism (IDRM). These were severally frustrated by the expelled individuals,” read part of the statement.
The party said that the expelled members had been issued with show-cause letters on various dates in the months of April, May, June, and July inviting them to attend procedurally NEC meetings where all their complaints against others together with complaints against them were to be addressed but they blatantly ignored the summons.
“Instead, they chose to hold a series of illegal meetings among themselves in bars so as to frustrate the party operations,” the party said.
Additionally, the members are also said to have ignored calls by the Political Parties Dispute Tribunal to settle the existing dispute using internal mechanisms and joining hands with the former party leader Ekuru Aukot.
Aukot was expelled from the party in September last year over financial impropriety and lack of transparency to party members.
“Thirdway Alliance Kenya, therefore, reiterates that, Miruru Waweru, Angela Mwikali, Giovanna Bunei and Joan Lagat are not authorized by the party whatsoever to represent, transact any business on behalf of the party. Any person dealing with them shall do so at their own risk and the party shall bear no responsibility,” stated the party.
