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Garissa MP Aden Duale. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]
Former National Assembly majority leader Aden Duale has declared Jubilee Party as structurally dead, and that UDA will be the vehicle of choice in the coming General Election.
Duale, however, said the recently concluded Kiambaa by-election between United Democratic Alliance s John Njuguna Wanjiku and Jubilee Party s Kariri Njama was friendly fire because UDA was a Jubilee affiliate party.
The United Democratic Alliance candidate won by a margin of 510 votes after he garnered 21,773 votes in a tightly contested poll.
Duale said those describing the poll as a contest between President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy William Ruto were getting it all wrong.
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Former National Assembly speaker Baleka Mbete on Tuesday admitted that she willfully ignored a whistleblower s report on the arms deal, once again raising questions about Parliament s oversight role.
According to the South African Constitution, aside from electing the president, and passing legislation, the National Assembly has to scrutinise and oversee executive action.
During her testimony before the Zondo Commission late on Tuesday afternoon, going into the early evening, Mbete testified that she had received a document that was slipped under her office door. There’s more to this story Subscribe to News24 and get access to our
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Former National Assembly speaker Baleka Mbete has defended the 5th Parliament s alleged lack of action when allegations of state capture emerged.
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She appeared before the State Capture Commission on Tuesday.
The evidence leader asked her why not a single portfolio committee adhered to initial requests to look into claims of corruption within government.
Mbete says at that time, there was no concrete information. In March 2016, MP s were very busy. It can not be argued that they were sitting around, they had all the time and consciousness and the awareness and the understanding of everything what was going on and they didn t do anything about it.
Former National Assembly speaker Baleka Mbete on Tuesday told the state capture inquiry shocking details of how she ignored a whistleblower report on the controversial arms deal.