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Kenya: Senators vow to clip MPs' budget powers

Senators vented their anger on Members of the National Assembly after they took away Sh1 billion that the Senate had initially been allocated, escalating the supremacy wars between the two houses.

In a rare Monday sitting, senators tore into their National Assembly counterparts over what they termed abuse of power in budget-making, even as they sought measures to tame them from acting in breach of the Constitution.

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