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MPs must justify their hefty perks by getting down to work

The political rift which ensued following the fresh presidential election on October 26 played out in Parliament on Tuesday after it was forced to adjourn a day after it resumed sittings. The MPs had just returned from another break they took last month to campaign in the repeat elections. And because House committees are yet to be constituted, they had to proceed on yet another recess. House committees run the business of Parliament.

The committees process motions, bills and petitions. That won't happen.

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