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Day of shame as controversial security bill divides Parliament but pushes through

CORD senators and MPs are blocked from entering the National Assembly main chamber by Parliament orderlies. [PHOTOS: MBUGUA KIBERA/Sta ndard]
 CORD senators and MPs are blocked from entering the National Assembly main chamber by Parliament orderlies. [PHOTOS: MBUGUA KIBERA/Standard]

Kenya: A special session of the National Assembly convened yesterday to discuss the controversial security bill turned into a theatre of the absurd as MPs engaged in a shouting match.

If ever there was a Tower of Babel, it was Parliament yesterday as over 200 Members of Parliament shoved and pushed each other as rival camps sought to have their way.

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