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MPs plan to amend law to join Cabinet

Plans are afoot to have Members of Parliament join the Cabinet for easy transaction of constitutional mandate of ministers.

The National Assembly Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee (CIOC) has mooted the process seeking to amend Article 152 (3) of the Constitution, which blocks MPs from being part of the Executive. This, the committee argued, can be achieved through a parliamentary initiative without seeking public approval.

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