Lack of quorum persists in Parliament
The media has recently done a good job at highlighting the poor attendance record of Kenyan MPs even during critical debates like the presentation of the budget. Most MPs are busy trying to figure out which party will be their ticket for 2007.
Some startling revelations:
- Debate on the budget speech was concluded on the fifth day instead of the traditional seventh day, because there were no members to contribute. Most of the taxation measures were passed without the requisite quorum.
- While the MPs recently shot down a proposal to allow live coverage of Parliamentary proceedings, they want to do away with the quorum requirement during debates.
- Most of the parliamentary committees, which typically have 11 members have failed to meet because they could not raise the required quorum of three.
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Comment • July 29, 2007 @ 5:35 am
I cannot believe this. Are our MPs completely inept and selfish? Do they not have a sliver of conscience? One of the beauties of politics is that it is easy to do something of vsalue that outlasts one own (short) life. I doubt there are more than a handful of MPs who actually realise that, because if they did they would not take these issues so lightly.
We should revert to a pay-per-day system, paying upon attendance. Like little school kids, we need to bribe and cajole these morons.