Senator Mundigi Responds, Rejects Party’s Expulsion Threat.
Senator Alexander Munyi Mundigi has hit back at the Democratic Party of Kenya (DP) after it threatened to expel him, stating he has done nothing wrong and that the party is jumping the gun.In a detailed rebuttal, filed by Danstan Omari & Associates Advocates on 18th December 2025, the Embu County Senator and Acting Deputy Party Leader rejected accusations that he had been disloyal, instead arguing that the party itself has not properly cut ties with the Kenya Kwanza coalition.
The response is a direct answer to a stern warning letter issued by DP Secretary-General Dr. Jacob Haji on 18th November, which accused the Embu County Senator and Acting Deputy Party Leader of gross misconduct. The party had alleged Mundigi campaigned for a candidate not endorsed by the DP in Mbeere North and continued public support for the Kenya Kwanza coalition after the party’s withdrawal. The letter gave the Senator 72 hours to explain himself or face possible expulsion.Failure to comply with a directive to cease and explain could lead to expulsion. Mundigi’s defence, however, challenges the very foundation of these allegations.
Central to the Senator’s argument is a technich.3g2 al claim on the DP’s coalition status. His lawyers contend that for the party to formally exit the Kenya Kwanza agreement, its top organs,the National Delegates Committee and the National Governing Council,must meet and pass a resolution. They acknowledge that party leader Hon. Justin Bedan Muturi “politically exited the coalition” on 12th March 2025, but this did not constitute a constitutional severance.
“He retains the right to prefer any candidate under the larger Kenya Kwanza coalition, and propel them and their ambition into being elected, given that legally, the Democratic Party of Kenya continues being a member of the said Kenya Kwanza coalition,” the letter states. This position, if upheld, would completely invalidate the charge of supporting a rival coalition.
Furthermore, the response criticises the party’s handling of the complaint. They state the Senator was contacted by phone on 15th December while in Uganda on official duty and intended to meet the Secretary-General after his return on 20th December. Instead, his personal assistant was summoned to Parliament to collect the warning.
“To threaten to expel him from the party before first calling him to have a discourse on his alleged support for a candidate from a different party other than the Party’s Candidate, and going ahead to issue summons against him serves as a claw back on the grip and role he plays as an acting deputy party leader,” the advocates argue. They concluded by reaffirming, “Suffice to note that our client is still an astute, devoted, and devout member of the Democratic Party of Kenya.”
