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Dual citizenship: Fallout over envoy nominees far from over

Mwende Mwinzi. Which Way? Her nomination sharply divides MPs down the middle, with debate over her fate turned to a shouting match [Standard]

President Uhuru Kenyatta is in a fresh dilemma after the National Assembly took a hard-line stance in relation to nomination of Mwende Mwinzi as ambassador to Seoul, South Korea. 

The lawmakers were however split in their decision on the appointment of dual citizenship holders as envoys, as the debate rages on who is a state officer or public officer.

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