The essential Abdulswamad Shariff

Public Investments Committee (PIC) Chairperson Abdulswamad Nasir during a meeting with Treasury PS Julius Muia at Parliament, Nairobi on February 2, 2022. [David Njaaga, Standard]

Abdulswamad Shariff Nassir typically takes two minutes to walk a distance he would cover in 20 seconds when in Parliament.

The Mvita Member of Parliament is not a slow walker. He finds cameras irresistible. And it works for the dapper politician who, in well-cut suits, is something of a sartorial as well as legislative champion at the National Assembly.