The recent claims of palm-greasing of senators in the county revenue formula standoff have rekindled bribery allegations that have rocked Parliament in the recent past. Parliament has had to fight off waves of bribery claims that have undermined the integrity and lowered the image of the not-so-'august' House. Mkangi said bribery claims are as old as Parliament itself because none of them has been officiated [substantiated] because the subjects are party to the crime. Gedi denied bribery allegations but said she was lobbying against the report. In the last Parliament, the Public Accounts Committee chaired by then Budalang’i MP Ababu Namwamba became the first panel in Parliament’s history to be disbanded over bribery and extortion claims.

Source: The Star September 19, 2020 03:56 UTC