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Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution seeks to block grilling of Cabinet Secretaries

The Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution (CIC) has moved to the High Court, seeking to block Parliament's decision to have Cabinet Secretaries answer questions from MPs.

The commission in a petition filed yesterday argued that the action by Parliament to disguise itself as a 'Committee of General Oversight' requiring the Cabinet secretaries to routinely appear before it to answer questions from its members contravened the Constitution.

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