NASA co-principal Bungoma County senator Moses Wetangula, addresses the press, August 30, 2017. [Photo|ODM]The National Super Alliance (Nasa) was forced to change tune, over its elected MPs decision to attend the first 12th Parliament sitting of both Houses, Senate and National Assembly.President-elect President Uhuru Kenyatta called for the convention of the sittings by the members, but Nasa dismissed him, saying the order was unlawful, since as the president-elect in the August 8 polls, his victory was being contested at the Supreme Court, by the Nasa team.They said he should have waited at a court verdict was made, before making the directive. To protest this, Nasa said its elected MPs would not attend the sittings.However, the sittings were meant for the all elected and Nominated lawmakers to be sworn into office, and at the same time, elect speakers and their deputies, for both Houses.
Nasa leaders Raila Odinga, Kalonzo Musyoka, Musalia Mudavadi and Moses Wetangula, including Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho, met the elected leaders, at the Okoa Kenya Offices in Lavington Nairobi, to shade more light on the matter.After a lengthy talk, Wetangula told the press that they had decided their MPs would attend the sittings, but for one purpose only."We have decided that our members will attend the sittings but for one reason only. For the swearing-in, and nothing else," he said, Wednesday.Wetangula is also the Bungoma County senator.
Their opponents, Jubilee Party MPs had warned them against boycotting the session.