The move to petition Chief Justice David Maraga has led to a rift between Jubilee Party members.
With Nyeri Town MP Ngunjiri Wambugu kick starting the petition, the party distanced itself from the move to have Maraga ousted out of the office.
On Thursday, Jubilee Party Secretary-General Raphael Tuju disowned the petition while addressing the journalists at the Jubilee party secretariat in Nairobi.
“The petition is a Ngunjiri petition and not a Jubilee party case. But all I can say is that I have just received a copy of the petition and I am yet to go through it,” said Mr Tuju.
The National Super Alliance (NASA) did not borrow Tuju’s remarks and insisted that following the nullification of elections Jubilee Party members were angered by the move and they have been planning to have CJ Maraga removed out of the office.
Mr Wambugu through his petition to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) accuses CJ of “gross misconduct”.
He further noted that Maraga has been held captive by a group of NGOs.
In Parliament, MPs from Abagusii community asked Mr Wambugu to immediately withdraw the petition, saying it was in bad taste, coming a day after the President met an Abagusii delegation at State House in Nakuru.
“We are asking the MP to immediately withdraw the petition or all Kisii leaders will be enjoined in the case. We feel the case is in bad taste and is targeting an individual from the Kisii region,” Mr Angwenyi said at a press conference in Parliament, adding that it is premature to file a petition against the Chief Justice when even the full judgment had not been released.
“Mr Wambugu has no business attacking CJ. We met the President on Wednesday and he explained his anger to us on the ruling,” he said. He was with MPs Zadock Ogutu (Bomachoge Borabu), Jerusha Momanyi (Woman Representative, Nyamira), Joash Nyamoko (North Mugirango), Shadrack Mose (Kitutu Masaba), Richard Tongi (Nyaribari Chache) and Ezekiel Machogu (Nyaribari Masaba).