Traitors: Kenya MPs turn Parliament into chamber of betrayal

Social distancing to affect the National Assembly special sitting this week. [Boniface Okendo/Standard]

MPs are manufacturing all manner of reasons to protect their hefty perks and avoid taking responsibility for directing government response to the coronavirus pandemic.

While other parliaments are coming up with measures to cushion people and businesses from being wiped out by the disease, Kenyan lawmakers have stood out for their inertia.