MPs demonstrated selfishness by rejecting Monica Juma

Kenyans continue to witness unparalleled exercise of unbridled power by MPs. If you so much as throw a bad eye at the august House, you are sure to lose the eye. Just ask the Judiciary, or the Senate, or Dr Monica Juma.

The rejection of Dr Juma’s nomination as Secretary to the Cabinet was a resounding success and a severe warning to those who think that the people’s representatives can be trifled with. Dr Juma’s crime was daring to suggest a limit to the frequency of forays MPs make to her office to plead urgent and weighty matters on behalf of their constituents. As Kapenguria MP Samuel Moroto pointed out “We don’t beg or ask for handouts as people are saying. We go to fight for the needs of our people.”