Once powerful PAC missing in action amid massive scandals

National Assembly Public Accounts Committee members led by Chairman Opiyo Wandayi with his Vice Jessica Mbalu (R). [Boniface Okendo/Standard]

In its heyday, the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) was a powerful watchdog team that kept the government of the day in check.

The committee has hitherto been chaired by equally powerful politicians – from former vice presidents Jaramogi Oginga Odinga and Wamalwa Kijana to former President Daniel Moi to current President Uhuru Kenyatta.