This archive report was first published on 10 September 2019.
On September 10, 2019, the National Assembly reignited the debate over the suitability of Ms Mwende Mwinzi serving as Kenya's envoy to South Korea before renouncing her US citizenship.
Speaker Justin Muturi directed the House Committee on Implementation to find out if Ms Mwinzi had renounced her US citizenship before taking up the job.
Endebess MP Robert Pukose claimed that she had taken up the job flouting a House resolution guided by court rulings and the Leadership and Integrity Act.
The Defence and Foreign Relations Committee, which vetted Ms Mwinzi alongside other nominees in June, put a conditionality in its report that she renounce her US citizenship subject to her appointment.
Mr Muturi said that the High Court and the Court of Appeal had already ruled on the matter that an individual with dual citizenship must renounce their foreign citizenship before taking up an elective or appointive job.
MPs John Mbadi, David Ochieng, and Otiende Amollo said that parliament should be firm in making its decisions and stop donating its authority to other entities.
