Parliament has asked a court to dismiss a petition opposing investigations into bribery allegations against NLC chair Muhamad Swazuri. Swazuri filed the petition to prevent the National Assembly from looking into claims that he took a Sh1.2 million bribe. Former journalist Mugo Njeru filed a petition claiming Swazuri received the amount to process compensation for Standard Gauge Railway land. The assembly asked the court to allow Parliament to complete its processes and restrain itself from restricting MPs from carrying out their constitutional obligations. More on this: Swazuri seeks to stop removal from NLC over bribery allegationsAlso read: Lands Committee to continue probing Swazuri, says its has not been served

Source: The Star April 11, 2017 12:45 UTC