Kiambu Senator Wamatangi was elected Chair of the Transport committee despite a walkout by opposition MPs (Photo/Capital)
Nasa members in five Senate Committees snubbed final day committee elections even as their Jubilee counterparts went forward to endorse the nomination of one of their own.
Deputy Majority Whip Irungu Kang’ata noted that Jubilee side, on the other hand, was determined to bag all the seats and leave none for the Opposition as revealed by“Our agenda as the Jubilee leadership of the Senate is to ensure that NASA does not clinch top positions in the committees,” said Kang’ata as quoted by Capital.
This came moments after Garissa Senator Yusuf Haji was elected to Chair the National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations committee for the second time. Haji will be deputized by Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja.
The leaders promised that there will transparency and that the public will be informed of every business the committee will conduct, away from the old ways where the committee issues were kept as a secret.“We will be open and transparent in our dealings and we wish to assure the public that nothing will be kept hidden from them,” said Haji as quoted by Capital.Others elected include Nandi Senator Samson Cherarkey who was elected Chairman of the Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights committee and Mithika Linturi (Meru) the deputy.