The National Assembly has strongly opposed allegations by Nyamira senator Kennedy Mong'are, that the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) is behind a Sh2 billion 'Monumental Scandal'.
According to the lawmaker, PSC intended to purchase a Sh1 billion land from one of its commissioners, that would be used for the construction of the Centre for Parliamentary Studies and Training (CPST).
The structure on a 40-acre piece of land, would be used as a training centre for MPs and parliamentary staff.
The lawmaker who was elected on a Ford Kenya party ticket, also claimed that PSC was planning to illegally increase by Sh1 billion, the construction of the state-of-the-art structure.
However, Speaker Justin Muturi termed Mong'are's claims as untrue and alarming.
He said the Commission has never made a decision to vary the cost of the construction by the sum of Sh1 billion as alleged by Senator Mong'are.
''The Commission confirms that a project is currently ongoing for the construction of a 26 storey office block which is intended to respond to the office accommodation needs of the expanded Parliament. The so called "monumental scandal" as alleged by the senator is therefore a figment of his own imagination,'' said Muturi, who doubles as the PSC chairman.
He noted the amount of money set aside for the CPST land project was in the public domain, having been put out in the PSC Budget.
''Indeed, the PSC did advertise in the local dailies inviting bids from owners of land not being less than 40 acres to offer it for sale to the PSC in accordance with the Public Procurement and Disposal Act, 2015.''
''The use of the information in the public domain and of legitimate procurement processes to allege plans of impropriety or corruption against members of the PSC is both mischievous and unfair. The public should however be assured that the allegations are false,'' added Muturi.
In a statement, the Speaker noted Mongare's statement was made in circumstances that did not enjoy the protection of parliamentary privilege and the PSC, and individual commissioners, therefore reserved the right to take appropriate legal action against him.
"The public can however rest in the knowledge and comfort that there is no truth in the allegations made by Senator Kennedy Okong’o Mong'are,'' concluded Muturi, Wednesday.