Crisis in Parliament as bribes rock committees

Deputy Minority Leader Jakoyo Midiwo and Majority Leader Aden Duale before the Powers and Privileges committee, Wednesday. [PHOTOS: MOSES OMUSULA/STANDARD]

NAIROBI: There is no let-up in the crisis facing the National Assembly as more committees get sucked into allegations of dirty practices that are fast-eroding the credibility of parliamentary oversight.

Never before in the history of the National Assembly has the House found itself entangled in such an unmitigated crisis of integrity, sending the leadership into a panic and triggering bitter public spats among lawmakers.