Parliamentary Service Commissioners have taken oath at Nairobi's County Hall. The Wiper party yesterday threw its coalition partners under the bus in the battle for Parliamentary Service Commission seats by successfully pushing for the nomination of Borabu MP Ben Momanyi. The move by the Kalonzo Musyoka-led outfit is likely to isolate it from its coalition partners Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), Ford Kenya, and Amani National Congress (ANC) for going against the official position of the National Super Alliance (NASA).

The development has political ramifications in ODM, which will now have to go back to the drawing board to drop either Aisha Jumwa (Malindi) or Homa Bay Woman Representative Gladys Wanga to get a nominee in the Senate. It also means double jeopardy for Musalia Mudavadi’s ANC as Vihiga Senator George Khaniri will now miss out on both the PSC and Senate Minority Whip positions. Khaniri was initially meant to go for the Senate Minority Whip but traded the position with Makeuni Senator Mutula Kilonzo Jr, who was earmarked for PSC.