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Supremacy wars jolt MPs' push to amend law, bring back CDF

By Josphat Thiongo | 3yrs ago
MPs in a scuffle when Speaker Moses Wetangula ruled on the Majority House leadership on October 6, 2022. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Supremacy wars between Senate and the National Assembly have delayed the push to amend the law to re-introduce the National Government Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF).

The tiff threatens approval of the Constitutional Amendments Bill 2022 as the Amason Kingi-led Senate accuses the National Assembly of arrogance.

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