The political storm swirling around Kitui County Assembly Speaker Kevin Kinengo Katisya has taken a dramatic twist after he tendered his resignation from the powerful Wiper Democratic Movement – National Executive Council (WDM-NEC).
The Speaker, already battling survival as impeachment motions tighten around his seat, shocked the political establishment with a fiery resignation letter dated September 29, 2025, accusing his own party of betrayal, harassment, and complicity in efforts to hound him out of office.
Kinengo, who has repeatedly insisted he must remain neutral as Speaker, claimed Wiper had turned him into a political punching bag.
“I have faced two impeachment motions sponsored by members of my own party, yet the party has never intervened to stop or discourage such witch-hunts,” he charged.
He further accused the Wiper top brass of undermining his authority by questioning his interactions with leaders from other political outfits, including President William Ruto and Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua. According to Kinengo, the party even slapped him with show-cause letters, forgetting that as Speaker, his constitutional role compels him to engage leaders across the political divide.
The embattled Speaker revealed that his woes escalated when the party’s Executive Director abruptly kicked him out of the WDM-NEC WhatsApp group without explanation — a move he described as “clear proof” he was no longer welcome in the party’s decision-making table.
“Serving concurrently as Speaker and WDM-NEC member has placed me in a position of conflict between my official duties and political engagement. To uphold impartiality, I must step down,” Kinengo declared in the letter.
But in a carefully balanced move, Kinengo stressed he is quitting the NEC, not the Wiper Party, signaling he is not ready to burn bridges with the outfit led by Kalonzo Musyoka — at least not yet.
The resignation has sent shockwaves through Kitui politics, where impeachment motions against Kinengo have become a rallying point for rival factions. Political watchers say the move exposes widening cracks between the Speaker and the party machinery, setting the stage for an explosive showdown when the impeachment motion is tabled on the floor of the County Assembly.
By choosing to walk out of the WDM-NEC at the height of his impeachment battle, Kinengo has effectively declared political war — not just with his detractors in the House, but with the very party that sponsored his rise.
