Greedy lawmakers are exploiting the Covid-19 pandemic and related work suspensions to demand one-year extensions of their five-year terms, Vihiga's KICC chair has said. He said MPs must be aware they are only elected for a one term of five years and they are free to seek reelection. Covid-19 is a global pandemic and lawmakers should not take advantage of it to waste public resources, he said. He said it's only in Kenya where lawmakers want another term because of the pandemic. “If we are now robbing the sick, what will bar these people from robbing the dead - where is Kenya headed?"

Source: The Star August 27, 2020 18:56 UTC