This archive report was first published on 28 December 2021.
Published on December 28, 2021, a major showdown is looming in the National Assembly on Wednesday as MPs are set to vote on amendments to the Political Parties Amendment Bill of 2021.
The MPs were recalled by Speaker Justin Muturi to vote on the controversial amendments largely opposed by MPs allied to Deputy President William Ruto who see it as a boost to Opposition chief Raila Odinga's presidential bid.
Deputy President William Ruto has asked MPs to 'reject fraudulent laws' on a day legislators allied to him stormed out of a meeting by the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee (JLAC), vowing to present their proposed amendments to the House.
"For those MPs who walked out, we take it as having dropped their amendments. Depending on our recommendations they are entitled to present their amendments before the house and the speaker will be able to see that they had opportunity and they abandoned it," said Kangema MP Muturi Kigano.
Kimunya, the sponsor of the Bill, termed the walk out as a ploy to derail the process of the amendments to the Bill.
"They are members who came here to create chaos and I have sat through the committee and I am of the conclusion that most of members who came were not in good faith, let's put Kenya first," said Kimunya.
