Rarieda MP Otiende Amollo with Siaya Senator James Orengo at the Supreme Court. [Photo/businessdailyafrica.com]

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Rarieda Member of Parliament  Otiende Amollo has blamed cartels for his failure to clinch the position of National Assembly's Public Accounts Committee (PAC).

Ugunja MP Opiyo Wandayi clinched the chairman post of the watchdog committee after garnering 15 votes.

MP Amollo got 0 votes.

 

Opiyo Wandayi, the new PAC chairman. [Photo/softkenya.com]

Wandayi will take over from Nicholas Gumbo, a former Rarieda MP who unsuccessfully vied for Siaya governorship.

Amollo, in a Twitter post, said he has been accountable and did not see why he could not get the post.

"As first Ombudsman, I did all I could to hold Government accountable. I had hoped to do so in Parliament as Chair of Parliamentary Accounts Committee, but the Cartels wouldn’t allow," he said on Monday.

Kibwezi East MP Jessica Mbalu (Wiper) will deputise Wandayi as the Vice Chair of the Accounts Committee.