Speaker Muturi should ensure Parliament stays independent

Tension has been building up in the Jubilee party over the chairmanship of certain parliamentary committees. An argument has been advanced that Jubilee’s leadership wanted to evenly distribute the positions to regions that overwhelmingly gave it support in last year’s General Election. To that end, a Jubilee parliamentary group meeting was called at State House during which party leaders were said to have stated who they wanted to chair specific house committees.

While the rank and file were expected to comply with that directive, there were those who thought differently.