House committees on spot over IEBC, airport takeoverNational Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi. Last week, the house was divided, forcing him to defer debates over the reports to this week so as to make a ruling. [File, Standard]Members of Parliament ganging up against the removal of commissioners and the fight between two committees over airport takeover have put House teams on the spot for allegedly overstepping their mandate.National Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and the Public Investment Committee (PIC) have been accused of transgressing by making recommendations “outside” their oversight mandate. At the same time, PIC has ordered Jomo Kenyatta International Airport takeover by KQ be stopped until it completes inquiry into the matter in its status report. The ruling could just trigger a debate about the work of various House committees given the emerging trend of reports either being rejected or watered down before being adopted.

Source: Standard Digital March 11, 2019 14:04 UTC