Punish MPs for taking Kenyans on a ride on illegal sugar probe

The outrage over the shoddy report on the probe on contraband sugar didn’t take many by surprise. Two weeks ago, social media was on fire after a picture showed the Agriculture and Trade Committee members getting cosy with Jaswant Rai – the owner of West Kenya Sugar– who was under probe.

They say choices have consequences. So, for choosing to take the low road, the 36 members of the committee should be punished. A cold rebuke from the National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi or Aden Duale, the Leader of Majority, will not of itself – as we have seen before- cause ill-mannered members to desist from abusing the trust of those who elected them to Parliament. Besides the threat to disband them, parliamentary authorities should go further.