President Ruto Has Not Allowed Parliament To Operate As An Independent Institution –O’Mogeni

NAIROBI Kenya July 7 – Nyamira Senator Okong’o Omogeni has asked President William Ruto to restore respectability and trust in the Presidency.

The Senior Counsel said the public trust on the Presidency was at the lowest, adding that the recent conversation on the X Space even when the President was answering questions, the responses were that they could not trust him.

“The biggest challenge is to win back the public trust. Public trust in the President is at the lowest. We urge the President to begin by respecting the Constitution. Let him begin there. He can go for low hanging fruits,” said Omogeni.

While debating the State of the Nation Motion on the floor of the Senate, the Nyamira lawmaker charged that the President has not allowed Parliament – both the Senate and the National Assembly – to carry out its duties as an independent institution.

“Most of these unpopular legislations that triggered these demonstrations were pushed through the two Houses. There is the Affordable Housing Bill that created the now Affordable Housing Act. It was pushed through. If we had adopted a bipartisan approach, we would have made that law less punitive to Kenyans,” said Omogeni.

He argued that the young professionals including the doctors, lawyers and even those who work for Parliament are crying about an invasion on their pay slips.

On the issue of corruption, Omogeni welcomed the idea of having a radical surgery on the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC).

While using Nyamira as his example to demonstrate the rot in the agency, Omogeni claimed that in the in the runner-up to elections on August 2022, just, Nyamira Governor Amos Nyaribo, unilaterally paid himself to his account Sh6.573million.

According to Omogeni, when the EACC was summoned to Nyamira, instead of recording a statement and taking that Governor to court, they got money from him and told him that they can agree he refunds that money quietly.