National Assembly Majority Leader Adan Duale. [Photo/NTV Kenya]National Assembly Majority leader Aden Duale has requested Speaker Justin Muturi not to approve any foreign or local travel for any MP until after the House has elected EALA MPs.Duale also want the 'ban' to remain till committees are formed and the assembly approves the list of commissioners to the Parliamentary Service Commission.
“Speaker and the clerk, let us make sure we do not allow members to go on foreign and local trips on Wednesday and Thursday so that they have an opportunity to vote. The polling station will be the Chamber and there are 349 voters,” Duale said concerning the election of representatives to the East African Legislative Assembly, the Star quotes him.
On Wednesday morning, the House is expected to consider three motions, one seeking the establishment of a teaching and referral hospital in the Coast region to cater for sophisticated diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitative healthcare, a motion sponsored by Nyali MP Mohamed Ali.
The other motions due this morning are on designation and gazettement of specific areas and streets for demonstrations and picketing and one seeking the establishment of an athletics remuneration and endowment fund for the purpose of pooling resources for rewarding and supporting sportsmen. The motion is sponsored by Ainabkoi MP William Chepkut.
In the afternoon, the MPs will consider the appointment of members to the Parliamentary Service Commission.
“There are a number of issues that deal with members’ welfare and we will be happy if the House concludes its nominees to the PSC so that those and other issues are dealt with before we go on recess,” Duale said.All the matters are expected to finalized on Thursday (tomorrow) before the House adjourn for the festive season till February, 2018.