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He said MPs have called ministers before to answer queries before parliament.
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Ruku said the ministers were told they will not get any defense from the Kenya Kwanza MPs when called to appear before parliament.
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Mbeere North Geoffrey Ruku has opined that the Azimio coalition was not doing its duty in oversight of Sports Cabinet Secretary Ababu Namwamba when he appeared before Parliament to answer questions.
He said Azimio moved to defend the CS when he appeared before parliament, insisting that the MPs were on a witch hunt against Namwamba.
Ruku spoke on Wednesday during an interview with K24.
"We expect the oversight role to be done by Azimio but the last time what we saw is that Ababu Namwamba was getting a lot of defence from Azimio. It is us the members of Kenya Kwanza who were telling Namwamba he was doing things wrongly in the ministry," Ruku said.
The MP added that it was the Kenya Kwanza MPs who were calling on President William Ruto to dismiss Namwamba.
Ruku said MPs from Azimio were defending Namwamba saying the minister had not been given enough time to transform his docket.
"Azimio were on top of their voices saying we are not giving the minister enough space, that the minister has been in office only for a few days and we are just chanting," Ruku said.
"We are going to do our job for oversight without favour, fear or ill will."
He said MPs have called ministers before to answer queries before parliament.
Ruku said the CSs were told they would not get any defence from the Kenya Kwanza MPs when called to appear before parliament.
"If you are incompetent, if you are not doing your duty properly, we will tell the President to sack you and get another minister," Ruku said.
He said the MPs have been firm on all the cabinet secretaries that have appeared before Parliament.
Ruku said the MPs will continue to oversee the CSs on behalf of the government.
Namwamba appeared before Parliament on August 23 and refuted claims that he had been mismanaging athletes' affairs in his ministry.
The CS had been accused of traversing the world at the expense of Kenyan athletes, however, Namwamba told MPs that he is the least travelled CS.
"It is not true that I galivant the globe. I can confirm to this house that due to spending measures taken within the ministry, I have never had the honour of accompanying our teams travelling outside the country," he said.
He affirmed that he is doing his best in the sports ministry adding that he will not be resigning any time soon.