US hand in move to halt debate on Kenya’s Parliamentary Powers and Privileges Bill

NAIROBI: It has now emerged that a series of consultative meetings culminated in the drastic action by Speaker of the National Assembly Justin Muturi to halt the passage of the controversial Parliamentary Powers and Privileges Bill 2014.

Select leaders from the National Assembly met US Ambassador Robert Godec and discussed the controversy surrounding the law, whose clauses would impact the media by gagging them from covering MPs and parliamentary proceedings.