Ruto should consider dissolving corruption-tainted Parliament

Parliament during a past session. [File, Standard]

Corruption in Parliament! That is what President William Ruto has told us in the past week. The cardinal functions of Parliament is to oversight, represent and legislate. Oversight means the elected leaders have the mandate to question government spending to the last cent. They are supposed to unearth all the dirty deals within government corridors. They are to exorcise the demons of corruption in the country with the powers vested on them including sanctioning suspects and offenders for disciplinary action. Moreover, they have more powers to seal loopholes leading to corruption. They are the lawmakers. What else, whom else do you need to fix the mega corruption in this country?

Instinctively, one can tell that the attack against the MPs' outright corruption practice has undercurrents that we will know in the coming weeks or even months. The Executive cheerleaders, including the ODM brigades who sing praises to the President, more than those who campaigned for him are on the receiving end. We now know they oversight, represent and legislate with the sole purpose of making a kill. Standing up for the children of this country bothers them least.