Azimio Members of Parliament stormed out of Parliament on February 21st in protest against the new Affordable Housing Bill that was being debated for its third reading
According to the Azimio Members of Parliament who held a press briefing outside the parliament building, their proposed amendments were rejected by the House, claiming that the exercise is flawed
Led by Suna East MP Junet Mohamed, the Azimio politicians suspected that the House was acting on instructions by the Kenya Kwanza government to pass the bill without any amendments.
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We want to tell members of the Azimio coalition that many of them filed amendments as early as yesterday but unfortunately it looks like there are instructions from the Kenya Kwanza regime that the Bill must be passed without any amendments
According to Junet, the members of the rulling party declined to consider their ammendments to the bill that were proposed by Azimio members to make the bill better for all kenyans.
They are not listening to the amendments or issues that can make life better for Kenyans. For that reason, we have instructed our members to drop all our amendments because they are not been engaged in a manner that can make the bill better.”
The Suna MP also questioned why the Executive would interfere in Parliament’s business, arguing that the matter ought to be handled independently regardless of one’s political affiliation
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He noted that the coalition members would pursue the matter in court to halt the entire process.
“We will prosecute the matter in public court because we have to tell Kenyans those against them and those for them. What is contained in that bill will make Kenyans’ lives miserable and this is not what the Kenya Kwanza government promised.”
This comes barely 24 hours after the bill passed the Second Reading stage after 141 MPs voted for it. On the other hand, 58 legislators opposed the passage of the bill.