Key lessons from Ngilu’s ‘censure with consequences’

By Kamotho Waiganjo

This weeks’ censure of Cabinet Secretary Charity Ngilu by the National Assembly, setting the stage for her possible sacking by the House, best exemplifies the shift of power from the Executive to Parliament. In the previous Constitution, the effect of Parliamentary censure of the Executive ultimately depended on the goodwill of the President, who could ignore parliamentary resolutions. That season of Executive contempt for Parliament is clearly dead.