As the Senate resumes plenary sittings today (July 18, 2023) after a two-week recess, it faces division and infighting over the leadership of Speaker Amason Kingi. The Speaker has been facing backlash from senators, mostly from the minority side, over his handling of Senate matters, including the Parliamentary Service Commission’s (PSC) budget cut for Senate committees. On Wednesday last week, Deputy Speaker Kathuri Murungi, who is also the chairperson of the Liaison Committee, announced the suspension of all Senate committees meetings protesting the cuts. “Speaker Kingi has ceded ground to Speaker Moses Wetang’ula and left the Senate at his mercy,” the senator said. But he lamented that in the third Senate, Mr Kingi had decided to throw away all the gains made.

Source: Daily Nation July 18, 2023 06:04 UTC