The ongoing supremacy battle between MPs and Senators may take a new twist after a group of Kisii residents asked the two warring groups to desist from constant squabbles and instead work for the population.
Speaking at St. Teresa Nyangusu Girls during Annual General Meeting, residents were categorical that the supremacy battles between the two houses threatened integration and development among the Kenyan communities.
They asked the President to call for an urgent meeting to solve the standstill between the two houses before escalates and subsequently affecting the economy of the nation negatively.
“It is so sad that our members of parliament keeps on wrangling on who is superior to who. This is quite improper and something urgent ought to be done. The wrangles are very perilous for our developing nation and may derail development,” said Okioma Nyang’au, a former legislator.
“The President must show leadership by chairing a mediation meeting between the two houses before the situation gets out of control. Otherwise, its administration will suffer severely,” added Catherine Nyamato a human rights activist.
They further accused the two houses of insincerity and warned a possible political revolution in 2017 if the legislators continued with their ‘petty’ politics.
“I am seeing many of them loosing seats because Kenyans are tired with their persisting intrigues. They will be kicked out although they have a chance to redeem their image,” said Rigena Principal Alex Nyang’au.
The two houses have been engaged in a war of words with the National Assembly declining to approve the 7Bn for the counties as proposed by the Senate for counties before the stalemate was resolved through a mediation committee that reduced the figure to 3.3Bn.