Deputy President William Ruto's team's effort to stop changes to the law governing political parties were squashed today, December 29, in a National Assembly session.  The special parliamentary sitting to debate the highly controversial Political Parties Amendment Bill, Deputy Speaker Moses Cheboi threw out a number of proposals by Members of Parliament among them by Kikuyu MP, Kimani Ichungwah, Dagoretti South MP, John Kiarie and Kilifi North lawmaker, Own Baya. Ichungwah and Baya proposed the insertion of Clauses 19A, 25A, 25B, 26A and 26B  to the bill, Kiarie wanted to amend clause 20 in entirety, proposing that it be replaced by clauses 19A, 19B, 19C, 26b and 26C.

The legislators fronted the establishment of a Political Parties Registration Board and the position of the Chief Executive Officer of the Board. The latter would replace the current Office of the Registrar of Political Parties. However, Cheboi threw out the proposals, explaining that they fell short of the requirements of Standing Order 133(5).

On December 22, Cheboi referred all proposed amendments to the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee for harmonization through a process known as winnowing. On Tuesday, December 27, Garissa Township MP Aden Duale led the contingent of Ruto-allied legislators who stormed out of the meeting before the harmonization was done. The lawmakers stated that they could not deliberate in the presence of the political parties registrar. Other proposals shown the door by the Deputy Speaker were by Belgut MP, Nelson Koech which sought to amend Clause 1 to change the title of the bill to 'Political Parties Coalition Bill'. Debate on the matter is ongoing as the final vote is expected to be cast before the end of the house business today, Wednesday, December 29.