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The budget committee of the National Assembly has been disbanded. This is the second time legislators have rejected the 51 members of the Budget and Appropriations Committee over a Sh3 billion special allocation.
Last month, 133 MPs voted against 63 as a result of the revelation that the committee members had engineered the allocation of the Sh3 billion under a special arrangement to their constituencies. Speaker Justin Muturi was forced to rule that the Liaison Committee, which comprises chairpersons of House committees, takes over all functions of the committee.
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