A Member of Parliament (pictured) earlier this week brought proceedings of a virtual committee meeting to a standstill. As the chairman was making his submission, the legislator, who had apparently forgotten to mute his microphone, was heard uttering intimate words – promising to meet his lover in a hotel in Kakamega. ***Still on virtual meeting, just why have some parliamentary committees developed a habit of keeping their witnesses waiting for hours? Last week, a top government official lamented to chairman of a powerful committee that he was kept waiting for close to an hour. This week, a female chairperson of an influential committee kept on asking his colleagues to "second the meeting".

Source: The Star March 07, 2021 05:24 UTC