Cord leader, Raila Odinga says Speaker Justin Muturi was threatened with the sack so he had to contravene house rules in making changes to the Election Laws (Amendment) Act, 2016.
The Coalition for Reforms and Democracy co-principal claimed that Speaker Justin Muturi was under fire from his bosses to push Parliament to pass the changes or face sacking.
“That night the Speaker was called by the President and told that if he does not reconvene the Parliament he was going to be sacked,” claimed Odinga.
Raila who spoke during an interview with Citizen TV on Thursday said that house Standing Orders bar laws enacted in Parliament from being reviewed less than six months after the date of passing.
“The Standing Orders say that a bill or law that has been passed by Parliament cannot come back for amendments within the next six months. The six months have not lapsed,” said Raila.
He added that there was an agreement, by the Joint Parliamentary Select Committee which prepared the Act, that it would be passed without any alterations.
Raila said Jubilee used its numerical strength in Parliament to impose a law on the people of Kenya.
He refuted claims that his coalition MPs were informed well in advance of the proposed amendments by the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee (JLAC).
“We have our members there and they said that they were not consulted,” he said.