Makueni Senator Mutula Kilonzo Jnr has blamed the March 9, 2018 truce between President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga for the parliament's underperformance.
Speaking on Wednesday, he said that it has caused some dalliance between forces allied to the two sides of the political divide, leading to confusion and poor performance in the house.
He added that members of the opposition have lost the boldness they once had in criticizing the government, and now things are calm in the house which should not be the case.
“The handshake has confused Parliament because in the previous assembly you would find members of the Opposition speaking more boldly on corruption but not now,” he said on Pointblank show on KTN News, Wednesday night.
The senator noted that some members have also defied party positions to move censure motions against Cabinet Secretaries accused of graft, a big blow to the war against corruption.
The lawmaker termed his Wiper Democratic Movement (WDM) one of the victims, noting that some members have been busy associating themselves with the Kieleweke and Tangatanga groupings, further disabling operations.
“We have asked them to do so (move censure motion) ... the handshake has also affected Wiper where some of the members want to be associated with either Kieleweke or Tanga Tanga," he added.