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The parliamentary circus we witnessed is only meant to please owners of power

Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan during her address to a joint parliament session in the Chambers, Parliament Nairobi on Wednesday, May 5, 2021 [David Njaaga,Standard]

They say a week in politics is a long time.

So much can change in a short time. One day you are in the good books of the wielders of power, the next day you are not. One day your strategy seems to be working, the next, you are upstaged …but what’s baffling lately is how fast one loses their seat in a parliamentary departmental committee. I would imagine that those that are still members of these committees are on edge because one wrong move and the whip is cracked. You are out in the cold.

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