The row over changes in the Jubilee Party leadership at Nairobi County Assembly has escalated with Speaker Beatrice Elachi taking the fight to the party Secretary-General Raphael Tuju's doorstep.
Mr Tuju had on Wednesday made it clear that the changes made by the party at the county assembly in April were final.
In a seven-page ruling on Thursday, Ms Elachi said that Mr Tuju had no role in communicating to the Speaker a decision to effect changes in the party's House leadership.
"In the current circumstance, the decision to effect the changes was communicated to my office by the Secretary General of the Jubilee Party who is certainly not the majority whip in this county assembly," said Ms Elachi.
The provisions of the aforementioned Standing Order provides that the largest party or coalition of parties in the county assembly shall designate a member of the county assembly belonging to the party or coalition of parties to be the leader of the majority party.
