Speaking Thursday, the lawmakers expressed frustration over the lack of a clear focal point to channel their developmental concerns and priorities to the national government.

The caucus declared Kindiki as its link with President William Ruto’s administration in an apparent coup against Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua who has been working to consolidate the region behind him .

They argued that the absence of a centralized representative had hindered efforts to advance the region’s agenda.

“Given the prevailing state of affairs and the urgency of the mission ahead, there is need to have a link that will create a nexus between us and the National Executive on matters development,” the MPs said in a joint statement.

“Accordingly, we, as the elected leaders from this region and its Diaspora on our own behalf and that of our people, unanimously resolve that our link to the National Government be the Cabinet Secretary for the Interior and National Administration Prof. Kithure Kindiki, whose responsibilities includes the coordination of National Government functions across Country.”

The legislators also announced the formation of a coordinating committee to act as a bridge between the region’s MPs and the national executive.

The committee will focus on advancing a legislative and development agenda tailored to the needs of the region and its diaspora implied to mean elecoral units outside geopgraphical boundaries of the region but where the region hold significant influence .

While reaffirming their support for the Kenya Kwanza government, the MPs declared their “irrevocable faith in the unity and indivisibility of our region and the nation of Kenya”.