The outgoing 11th Parliament, a House of 367 members, proposes changing the Standing Orders to have only 15 MPs constitute a quorum. Even 50 per cent of MPs would still be too few to conduct business. On top of arranging to be paid Sh3 billion for two months of no work, MPs are looking to break yet another dubious-distinction world record – the smallest quorum in the world. Fifteen MPs is too little, particularly when Kenyan voters consider the fact that MPs are paid to represent them. The door is now wide open to the passage of controversial legislation without proper scrutiny, a threat to the integrity of Kenya’s democracy.

Source: The Star February 13, 2017 21:01 UTC