Jammu Africa
JF-Expert Member
- Jan 3, 2010
- 530
- 59
'The deadlock in the National Assembly over the formation of House
committees was broken Wednesday after Cord Alliance agreed to
accept proposals by Jubilee Coalition'.
Cord accepts proposal on House committees - Politics - nation.co.ke
In the past government,,,there was this kind of sharing everything
but after the coming of the new government,,,everything has
changed and it has taken CORD all these time to come to
terms with the reality of the situation in Kenya,,now.
The National Assembly has 28 committees but only four have
been formed so far,,because of the stalemate.
The problem arose when CORD MP's wanted to have
a majority as well as head the most important
committees,,,contrary to the rules of the
house.
When they did not have their way,,,,they stormed
out of the house and indicated that they
were going to pull all CORD MP's from
all committees.
But when it came to vetting the cabinet nominees,,,
CORD MP's of this committee broke ranks with the
rest and participated in the vetting,,where each
MP was supposed to pocket 10,000 per sitting.
In total,,,there were 15 sittings.
It is seen as the first test,,,of the Raila's influence
on these MP's,,,for he (Raila) was present in a
Nairobi hotel,,where CORD gave condition of
their participation on those committees.
Now,,,CORD,,,after realizing that they were
fighting a giant and also,,going against
the rules of the house,,,have decided
to see the light and tow,,,the line.
At least,,we are going,,somewhere.:nod::nod:
committees was broken Wednesday after Cord Alliance agreed to
accept proposals by Jubilee Coalition'.
Cord accepts proposal on House committees - Politics - nation.co.ke
In the past government,,,there was this kind of sharing everything
but after the coming of the new government,,,everything has
changed and it has taken CORD all these time to come to
terms with the reality of the situation in Kenya,,now.
The National Assembly has 28 committees but only four have
been formed so far,,because of the stalemate.
The problem arose when CORD MP's wanted to have
a majority as well as head the most important
committees,,,contrary to the rules of the
house.
When they did not have their way,,,,they stormed
out of the house and indicated that they
were going to pull all CORD MP's from
all committees.
But when it came to vetting the cabinet nominees,,,
CORD MP's of this committee broke ranks with the
rest and participated in the vetting,,where each
MP was supposed to pocket 10,000 per sitting.
In total,,,there were 15 sittings.
It is seen as the first test,,,of the Raila's influence
on these MP's,,,for he (Raila) was present in a
Nairobi hotel,,where CORD gave condition of
their participation on those committees.
Now,,,CORD,,,after realizing that they were
fighting a giant and also,,going against
the rules of the house,,,have decided
to see the light and tow,,,the line.
At least,,we are going,,somewhere.:nod::nod: