NASA MPs boycotting parliamentary business could easily lose their seats if they miss eight sittings without the authority of speakers. Protesting NASA MPs have not done this but have vowed to continue with their "mass no-show" in the plenary and committees, claiming the 12th Parliament is “illegally convened” by a ‘temporary President." MPs hold four sittings in the plenary every week-one Tuesday, double on Wednesday and a single one on Thursday. Read: NASA MPs to boycott Uhuru House address as he lacks legitimacy — WetaAlso read: NASA MPs to boycott Uhuru House addressThe committee will have 14 days to inquire into the circumstances under which a member absconded sittings without written permission from the speaker. But Article 132(1a) of the Constitution states: “The President shall address the opening of each newly elected Parliament."

Source: The Star September 14, 2017 09:56 UTC