MPs deserve praise over choice of Eala members

From the ugly scar of 2007 over nomination of Kenyan members to the East African Legislative Assembly (Eala), the country has finally regained face in the region – thanks to the credible polls held in Parliament last Thursday.

Indeed, our MPs deserve praise for smoothly executing the exercise, the first in Kenya’s history, since the establishment of Eala in 2001. Unlike the chaotic exercise of 2007 that ended up in the East African Court of Justice (EACJ), the Thursday poll was conducted democratically in conformity with EAC laws.