THE VOTE: Former Nairobi Mayor George Aladwa, Raila Odinga and ODM director Magerer Langat with party delegates from Makadara at a press conference yesterday. Photo/Anna Bohlin.
NAIROBI Senator Mike Sonko quarrelled with Nairobi MP Rachel Shebesh on Tuesday night for the second time in less than a week.
The two first fought last Thursday at Crowne Plaza Hotel in Upper Hill after they checked into the hotel around 10pm but then disagreed.
Audio recordings heard by the Star yesterday showed that the two quarrelled over former Prime Minister Raila Odinga round midnight at the Parliament bar. Parliamentary rules stipulate that the bar should closed at 11pm.
Until recently Sonko was close to Shebesh but in the recordings he is heard accusing her of discussing President Uhuru Kenyatta with Raila and with with politician Rosa Buyu.
Buyu is Raila's close ally who unsuccessfully ran for the Kisumu Town West parliamentary seat in March 2013.
Sonko was apparently infuriated that Shebesh had discussed politics on the telephone with Raila and Buyu.
"I have warned you before about discussing the President and government issues with Raila. What is this you are doing?," Sonko is heard asking Shebesh as he confronted her in Parliament with recordings of her phone calls.
It is not clear how Sonko obtained the recordings which shocked Shebesh.
In one recording, Shebesh and Buyu are heard discussing Uhuru's performance during the prayers breakfast at KICC on Tuesday for the victims of the Westgate terror attack.
"I'm beginning to like my President. Did you see how he was today?," Shebesh is heard telling Buyu in the conversation.
In another recording, Shebesh is heard talking about some people in Jubilee who do not like Raila yet she says it would be good for Jubilee to work with the the former Cord leader.
She told Buyu that some Jubilee people are uncomfortable with Raila because they fear he will overshadow Deputy President William Ruto.
Sonko was also unhappy that Shebesh had invited two Nairobi county representatives for a drink in Parliament with her on Tuesday night. He arrived at the bar close to midnight and found them there.
Shebesh is heard on a recording earlier that evening asking the county rep to enter Parliament through the main gate opposite County Hall. The rep is heard complaining that Sonko was angry that he was going for a drink with her and wondered how Sonko knew about their meeting.
Shebesh reassured him and directed him where to meet "because my car is in Parliament and I'm coming there".
Shebesh is also heard complaining about the Director of Public Prosecutions Keriakor Tobiko who she accuses of not supporting her in her alleged slapping case with Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero even though they had not reached a settlement.
In her lengthy conversation with Buyu, Shebesh said that she was with Tobiko's sister, Peris, during the phone call.
Shebesh was left sobbing after the bitter midnight exchange with Sonko. There were unconfirmed reports that she may have been injured on the face.
Shebesh is then heard asking for someone to call the driver of Deputy Speaker Lorna Laboso.
Until February, Shebesh was a key member of Raila's ODM party but she dumped the former Prime Minister a few weeks before the March election for President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Shebesh teamed up with Sonko and Ferdinand Waititu who was running for governor in Nairobi. She described herself as "manzi wa Nairobi" meaning Nairobi girl.
In September, Shebesh accused Nairobi governor Evans Kidero of slapping her during a fracas in his office. He accused her of grabbing his private parts.
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