It was a big win for Ugenya MP David Ochieng on Tuesday, after speaker Justin Muturi ruled that the minority side erred in discharging him from the Health Committee. Muturi in a communication to the House, said that MPs from small parties who are not in parliamentary parties and independent MPs are entitled to membership to committees. The Ugenya lawmaker was dewhipped last month by Nasa despite not being affiliated to either the majority or minority side in the August House. Muturi said that no parliamentary party can purport to discharge someone who is not their member from any committee of the House. The speaker also directed the Procedure and House Rules Committee to initiate process of amending the Standing orders to provide for allocation of committee slots to members of small parties and Independent MPs.

Source: The Star June 09, 2020 15:11 UTC