{"id":7412,"date":"2020-05-08T23:04:26","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T23:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=7412"},"modified":"2020-05-08T23:04:26","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T23:04:26","slug":"mps-fights-frustrate-formation-of-special-covid-19-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/mps-fights-frustrate-formation-of-special-covid-19-team","title":{"rendered":"MPs&#8217; fights frustrate formation of special Covid-19 team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Sharp divisions among MPs on Wednesday frustrated efforts to form an ad hoc committee to oversight the Government\u2019s response to Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p>The motion by Nyeri Town MP Ngunjiri Wambugu\u00a0<strong>(pictured)\u00a0<\/strong>was fiercely opposed by a section of the House leadership, especially the chairpersons of several committees whose duties they claimed the ad hoc team will be unnecessarily duplicating.<\/p>\n<p>When the motion came up for debate, it failed on a technicality after Minority Whip Junet Mohammed rose on a point of order to alert the speaker on lack of quorum.<\/p>\n<p>A group of about 170 MPs, under the whip of Wambugu, had formed a WhatsApp group where they would address pertinent issues regarding the outbreak, including forwarding their unofficial recommendations and proposals on the required interventions to different ministries.<\/p>\n<p>However, their proposal towards the formation of the committee unsettled some committee chairs, creating friction even before the matter came up to the floor for debate.Wambugu proposed the information of a 23-member team to be known as the Select Committee on the Prevention, Response and Management of Covid.<\/p>\n<p>He wanted the committee formed to \u201cdevelop necessary legislative measures, guidelines and any other related matter on Covid 19 prevention, response and management\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Kenya: Sharp divisions among MPs on Wednesday frustrated efforts to form an ad hoc committee to oversight the Government\u2019s response to Covid-19. 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