Kenya National Assembly Threatens to Disband the Senate

The supremacy battle between the two Houses of Parliament, the National Assembly and Senate has reemerged once again.

In the latest rivalry between the two Houses, the National Assembly has threatened to disband the Senate for what it termed as overstepping its mandate.

The National Assembly says the Senate is out of order by purporting to oversight National Government agencies. Members of the National Assembly accuse their counterparts in the Senate of duplicating what their departmental committees are doing, leaving counties to be looted.

This came after the Senate’s public accounts and investment committee summoned Education Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohammed over Ruaraka land scandal involving an illegal payment of Sh1.5 billion.

The Senate summoned Amina only a day after  she appeared before a National Assembly Committee to shed more light on the controversial payment of the land.

This has angered the National Assembly, which now accuses Senate of overstepping its mandate by playing an oversight role on National Government agencies and revisiting matters concluded by National Assembly committees.

Minority Chief Whip in the National Assembly Junet Mohammed said he will be initiating process of scrapping the Senate claiming that Kenyans are getting no value from the House (Senate).

MPs have also urged National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi to use his powers as the chairman of the parliamentary service commission (PSC) to instill order on Senators.