NASA principals in the past.[Photo/the-star.co.ke]
Divisions have rocked NASA’s Amani National Congress over the vetting of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s nominees for CS and PS positions.
ANC deputy party leader Ayub Savula has sharply differed with secretary general Barrack Muluka on whether their parliamentarians should participate in the exercise or not.
According to Savula, they will not allow the coalition’s top leadership to direct their actvities in Parliament.
“I don’t understand why our principals told us not to participate in the vetting of CSs and PSs yet our names have formally been adopted in Parliament to various committees. Does it mean we boycott the sittings of those committees?” Savula is quoted by the Star.
He said his team in the House will meet on Wednesday next week to decide whether to participate in vetting the nominees.
“We will not just follow blindly what our principals tells us because we are elected leaders and have the interest of our voters. We will make an independent decision as ANC MPs,” he said.
But Muluka said ANC MPs opposed to the coalition’s resolution to boycott the vetting exercise could be influenced by certain political quarters.
“Individuals sometimes have certain rebellious traits while others are sometimes induced with certain incentives. Whenever that happens, we can’t go into that chamber to gag them,” Muluka said.