BONYO'S BONE: Out of order, Mr. Speaker

He first entered Parliament in 1992, nominated by the then-ruling party KANU.

Papa wa Roma, as he loves to call himself, has been in and out of the House for nearly three decades.

That’s enough experience to know that moral authority isn’t given by title — it’s earned by stature.

But sadly, Mr. Speaker has refused to rise above the stature of an ordinary MP. He has chosen to drag the Speaker’s chair down to the trenches of partisan politics.

In recent weeks, Wetangula has lowered the dignity of the office — dancing and making merry with MPs at endless “empowerment parties,” openly campaigning for President William Ruto’s re-election.

No, Mr. Speaker, sir… You are out of order! Your demeanour must rise above petty politics. Instead, your decisions from that high chair are increasingly tainted, partisan, and questionable.

In Parliament today, Wetangula presides, but he no longer leads.

Papa wa Roma — there is a reason you move with a motorcade; the reason roads are cleared for you. Your role is not to lord over MPs but to guide them. But because you drink, dine, and dance with your charges, you cannot command them. You cannot discipline them. You cannot be the perfect prefect you are supposed to be and desired by our Constitution.

“I have received letters that I have chosen not to forward to investigative agencies," Wetangula said in past parliamentary proceedings.

Mr. Speaker, sir! On whose authority did you decide to become judge and jury? Who gave you the mandate to bury evidence of corruption with nothing more than a pep talk to suspected MPs?

Wetangula said in another appearance: “In my community, we say there is no stream without a snake, even here we have our little snakes.”

Mr. Wetangula, who made you the snake charmer? Who told you it was your role to decide which snake bites and which one slithers away?

By choosing to look the other way, you have admitted to shielding corruption. In that moment, you stripped the Speaker’s office of its moral authority.

A polite reminder, Mr. Speaker: in politics, silence in the face of graft is not neutrality — it is partnership.

The Speaker is not just another MP; he is the referee. And what do we call a referee who sees fouls, hears the bribes, but keeps the whistle in his pocket? Not neutral. Not fair. Not fit.

Let me remind you of one fact, Mr. Speaker. You are not just any politician. You are the third in command. If the President and Deputy are absent, you stand in line to be the Head of State.

Well, Wetangula may not be fit to be the President, but the Speaker of the National Assembly must be fit to be President. That is what the Constitution demands.