Fate of EACC Bill passed on July 9 still unknown

The speaker of National Assembly Justine Muturi makes a keynote address during a breakfast meeting with Senior Editors 09/06/15 [PHOTO/MOSES OMUSULA/STANDARD]

Mystery surrounds the fate of a controversial bill to amend the law establishing the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), three weeks after it was passed by the National Assembly.

Amid claims by some MPs that there is a plot by the Government to frustrate the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (Amendment) Bill, it is still not clear if it has been forwarded to the President, and the legal implications in the absence of any communication from Speaker of the National Assembly Justin Muturi.