Senators protest move to retain old members of key committee

Kenya: The Senate approved the formation of its Crucial Rules and Business Committee yesterday amid complaints from some senators over retention of the same members who served in the last session.

Senators accused both majority and minority leaders; Kithure Kindiki and Moses Wetang'ula respectively of failing to reshuffle the important committee, which is tasked with drawing the agenda and the business of the House. They said it would have been prudent to rotate the membership of the committee.