MPs make case to introduce vetting law

It is no longer in doubt that the 11th Parliament is not serving the national interest. It is also true that least in guiding MPs' day-to-day operations is posterity. The National Assembly's rejection of Dr Monica Juma's nomination to the powerful position of Secretary to the Cabinet, and the reasons advanced have left many Kenyans confounded. The backlash from the public and across the board speaks loudly.

To many Kenyans, it is an affirmation of the fact that the people's representatives have gone rogue. Coming hot on the heels of callous decisions to cut the budgets of institutions that dared to stand up to them, Kenyans are witnessing a Parliament given to throwing childish tantrums at anyone who dares stand in the way of their self-gratification.