Criticism mounts as MPs remain silent on matters affecting citizens

National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula consults with Majority and Minority Leaders during Gachagua's impeachment motion. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Now you see them, then you don't. This has become the fleeting nature of lawmakers who are seen and heard only when "fomenting" a national crisis before vanishing to numerous recesses.

In the last four months, they have done it twice, leaving the country on the throes of a revolution. First it was in June when they defied public outcry and hurriedly passed the Finance Bill of 2024.