Khalwale Return to PAC on Hold

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The Nation (Nairobi)

15 June 2011

Nairobi — Confusion in the PNU wing on Wednesday delayed the reappointment of Ikolomani MP Boni Khalwale, back into the influential House Business Committee and the Public Accounts Committee.

Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka, who is also the Leader of Government Business, was stopped in his tracks by Mr Joseph Gitari (Kirinyaga Central, PNU) who insisted the PNU whip had been promised a seat in the PAC.

Taken round in circles

The MP did not table the letter, but even so, he told the House that he had been taken round in circles since his election in February this year in a by-election, and now it seemed, his right as a backbencher to sit in a committee was being denied.

Mr Gitari said he will table the letter on Thursday afternoon.

Although the letter is not binding, MPs told Mr Musyoka and the PNU whip, Johnstone Muthama, that they were being unfair to Mr Gitari, because it was only just that he also sits in a committee and helps in the oversight mandate of the legislature.

Mr Musyoka then ate humble pie and withdrew Dr Khalwale’s reappointment until “consultations” are held.

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Khalwale Return to PAC on Hold