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Parliament calls in EACC, DCI over MPs bribery claims

Speaker Justin Muturi
National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi

Parliament has called in detectives to investigative claims that MPs were bribed to shoot down a sugar report.

The National Assembly’s Powers and Privileges Committee has admitted that some lawmakers could have received handouts of Sh10,000 to defeat the controversial report and thus engaged in a criminal act.

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