Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale was expelled from the Senate on Tuesday, 18 November 2025, after he refused to withdraw remarks accusing former President Uhuru Kenyatta of intervening to secure the release of two Kenyan activists detained in Uganda.
This was after Khalwale questioned why it allegedly took the former President, rather than the current one, to intervene.
“The issue of the children who are out of the country is no different from the two Kenyan political activists who were locked up in Uganda for a long time. It disturbs me that it took the intervention of the former President, and not the current President,” Khalwale said.
However, Senate Speaker Amason Kingi backed the challenge, directing Khalwale to either prove his claim or retract it.
When the confrontation escalated, Kingi asked Khalwale to withdraw and apologised, but Khalwale decided to remain silent, prompting Kingi to ask the legislator to leave the chambers.
