•Although some Jubilee rebel MCAs have joined the Speaker's camp, at least seven NASA MCAs, in turn, have joined the governor’s brigade.
•But Lenku's biggest headache is how he garners 75 per cent of MCAs to outrightly kick out Osoi from the seat.
The two-year political calm at the County Assembly has finally been shattered by a storm that could culminate in the impeachment of Speaker Johnson Osoi.
All those linked in the attempt to bring down Osoi are allegedly aligned with Governor Joseph ole Lenku.
Already, a motion of intent to impeach Speaker Osoi was received in the Assembly on Friday, last week, and was acknowledged by the Assembly Clerk Saisa Leboo.
The notification of intent to move a motion for a resolution to remove Osoi as the speaker of the assembly listed 26 MCAs as supporting the motion.
There are 41 MCAs in Kajiado, and removing a speaker as by the assembly’s rules requires 75 per cent of the MCAs to support the motion.
Those in the pro-Osoi side are 15 MCAs, which gives Lenku side a run for their money to achieve a 75 per cent outright win.
The Lenku side is planning to take on Osoi in the house any day after Tuesday. Some of the MCAs and the governor will be in Amboseli for the ASALs conference, which is expected to be officially opened by President Uhuru Kenyatta.
This means taking that motion to the assembly on Tuesday as planned earlier will miserably fail given the fact that no pro-Osoi MCA will go to Amboseli.
The source from Governor Lenku’s side said Lenku is aware that his political opponents are fronting Osoi for a senatorial position in the 2022 general election.
The Lenku rivals, the source further disclosed, have coalesced around a line-up that includes Kajiado East MP Peris Tobiko and Kajiado Central MP Elijah Memusi.
Former Senator Peter Mositet and former governor David Nkedianye have also been named as active opponents of the governor in this group, as has former Olkejuado County Council chairman Tarayia ole Kores.
An insider on Lenku’s side said the Tobiko-Memusi political axis started differing with Lenku over the stalemate between Tata Chemicals Magadi Ltd and the county government, with the governor’s opponents supporting the mining multinational, whereas Lenku has been left championing the interests of the local community.
The governor has been adamant that the multinational must pay its land rates "like everyone else", while his detractors have opposed this stand.