Justina Wamae To Honour Wajackoyah Summons

Wamae was also accused of continuously and maliciously misrepresenting the position of the party and that of the party leader having blocked him and other party officials. 

Justina Wamae To Honour Wajackoyah Summons
Justina Wamae speaking during the deputy presidential debate on July 19, 2022. /FILE

Roots Party presidential running mate, Justina Wamae will attend the disciplinary hearing by the Roots Party on Friday, August 26 at the party's head office.

A demand letter seen by Viral Tea had accused Wamae of failing to adhere to the Constitution of the roots party as well as its manifesto over recent comments that downgraded the party, including those that claimed that Wajackoyah was supporting former Prime Minister, Raila Odinga.

Wamae was also accused of continuously and maliciously misrepresenting the position of the party and that of the party leader having blocked him and other party officials. 

Roots Party presidential candidate Prof George Luchiri Wajackoyah and his running mate Justina Wamae address the media at the Bomas of Kenya Nairobi on June 2, 2022, after getting IEBC's clearance. /NAIROBI NEWS

"We have been instructed by the Party Leader, Professor George Wajackoyah (herein referred as “the Party Leader”), with respect to your position as the running mate to the just concluded general elections, and your current utterances both in the mainstream media and social media.

"That in line with the above and your failure to adhere to the Roots Party Constitution and manifesto, the Party finds it in order, to invite you for a disciplinary hearing on August 26, 2022, at 2:30 PM, at the Party’s head office," the letter read in part.

Wamae confirmed through her Twitter account that she will honour the summons, further urging the entities copied in the demand letter to attend as members of the disciplinary committee.

"Because I respect institutions even informal in a brain (expletive), I will honour the summon," she said.

The entities included the Registrar of Political Parties (ORPP), the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), the Secretary Generals of Agano Party, United Democratic Alliance (UDA) and Azimio la Umoja coalition, the Political Parties Liaison Committee (PPLC), the Political Parties Tribunal and local media houses.

Roots Party also noted that Wamae has only been in the party for less than two (2) months and has not bothered to peruse the party’s constitution and the party communication guidelines.

In addition, she has been for the short term assisted by the Party Leader with accommodation and the official party vehicle during the campaign period.

"That you have in your utterances contradicted yourself on Citizen Digital and KTN and recounted the contradiction hence your allegiance to the party manifesto is questionable.

"That you have further made utterances that cannot be substantiated and which are against the party’s manifesto and purported to be the party’s spokesperson and on several occasions have been quoted by the media," added the letter.

It referenced the previous expose whereby she termed Wajackoyah as a mole for the Azimio coalition to affirm her position as a party and as the marijuana professor's running mate. At the time, she affirmed that she was only standing for the interests of women and youth, revealing that the public statement proved that top party officials can disagree with each other without escalating to tantrums.

Justina Wamae conversing with George Wajackoyah outside Radio Africa offices. /THE STAR