The Members of the National Assembly and those of the Senate are on a sudden fallout path.
The roles of each of the houses are being overshadowed being the major cause of the brewing divorce.
But who are drafting the divorce documents between the National Assembly and the Senate?
The MPs, led by Majority leader Aden Duale and his Minority counterpart John Mbadi, said there was a risk of committees constituted by both Houses giving contradicting verdicts on matters under probe.
Mbadi, during the National Assembly Leadership Summit in Mombasa, warned that the situation, as it is today, risks defeating the House’s oversight role.
He reiterated that the Senate should restrict its function as spelt in the Constitution.
Several state agencies carrying out national government functions have appeared before senators to answer to queries. This is a contravention of the law, he said.
The MP called on chairmen and their deputies to streamline their work to avert duplication of roles.
Duale echoed the remarks of the Suba South MP and warned that the country may at one point be forced to bite the bullet and do away with the Senate.
He said the House must at all times restrict its roles as defined in the Fourth Schedule of the supreme law.
“Let us not bury our heads in the sand. The Constitution is not silent on the role of the two Houses,” the Garissa Township MP said.
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