Sammy Leshore has been gazetted as Isaac Mwaura's replacement as nominated senator. The embattled legislator obtained a court order stopping Senate Speaker Kenneth Lusaka from declaring his seat vacant. Milimani Law Court judge J.K Sergon issued an injunction restraining implementation of the judgement of the Political Parties Tribunal that was issued on May 7, 2021, until the case is heard and determined. Mwaura had suffered a major setback after the Political Parties Disputes Tribunal endorsed a decision by the Jubilee Party to expel him on the grounds of disloyalty and pledging allegiance to another outfit. Mwaura was the first casualty after President Uhuru Kenyatta’s purge of disloyalists from the ruling Jubilee Party.

Source: Daily Nation May 12, 2021 07:02 UTC