It’s not in Parliament’s interest to appear intolerant

It is unfortunate that the National Assembly, the institution Kenyans have trusted to honour and protect the country’s Constitution is now bent on breaking it whenever its naked self-interest is brought into question.

It is obvious that Parliament’s decision to close the Media Centre and limit the journalists’ ability to cover the House business, earlier this week, was the result of the media carrying out its responsibility of keeping the public informed of  what the various stakeholders are saying about the MPs clamour for higher pay and allowances. The closure of the centre, built using donor funds, amounts to an attempt to gag the Press.