By SAMWEL OWINO More by this AuthorNational Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi has dealt a major blow to big political parties with large numbers in Parliament, saying they cannot use their numerical strength to deny smaller parties slots on House committees. The three parties, the only ones recognised as parliamentary parties, have therefore been using this window to exploit MPs from briefcase parties. Mr Muturi said no parliamentary party has the right to discharge from a committee any member that does not belong to it. “We are alive to the fact that not all parties represented in the House met the threshold for being recognised as parliamentary parties,” he said. Although these parties by definition are not parliamentary parties, they have a combined membership of 22, plus 14 independent ones, bringing their total to 36.

Source: Daily Nation June 14, 2020 06:56 UTC