{"id":9909,"date":"2021-04-09T08:05:04","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T08:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/?p=9909"},"modified":"2021-04-09T08:09:24","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T08:09:24","slug":"you-are-on-your-own-forme-mp-tells-kenyans-as-he-declares-parliament-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/?p=9909","title":{"rendered":"&#8221;You are on your own!&#8217; Former Uhuru advisor tells Kenyans as he declares parliament dead and useless!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Kenyan parliament is dead: Former Mp and senior counsel Abdikadir Mohamed says. The former MP who served as president Kenyatta&#8217;s legal advisor during his first term has lashed at both the National Assembly and the senate for being a pale shadow of what the two houses are supposed to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignright columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"271\" height=\"186\" src=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/assembly.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"9912\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/assembly.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/?attachment_id=9912\" class=\"wp-image-9912\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/assembly.jpg 271w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/assembly-220x150.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\"><strong><em>Kenya national assembly buildings in Nairobi.<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Taking to his twitter handle, the learned fellow wondered how the parliament could not put a ceiling to the country skyrocketing borrowing apetite that has caused untold sufferings to Kenyans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Country is faced with a Global Health Pandemic and a National Debt Crisis and While the Executive grabs Emergency Powers\u2026 Kenyan Parliament is MIA\u2026 nowhere to be seen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the countrys luckstre response to covid 19, and high apetite for debts  he said,..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>. The KE Parliament has been inept in confronting the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hashtag_click\">#COVID19<\/a> Pandemic or the National Debt Crisis&#8230; But when it comes to DOUBLING the size of the HOUSES and the Top echelons of the Executive..They are game&#8230; ready to rubber stamp SHAM<\/p><cite>ABDIKADIR MOHAMED<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>the national assembly should pass a supplementary budget to cushion the poor from covid 19 economic effects<\/em><\/strong>..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Parliament has vast Authority; can easily Pass a supplementary budget to cushion poor from the devastation of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hashtag_click\">#COVID19<\/a> ; Bunge controls the debt ceiling and power of the purse; Mps can&#8217;t even choose their own committee chair<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>The Nationa assembly with 349 MPs and 67 senators is the most useless institution<\/em><\/strong>..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Kenyan MPs, 349 NA and 67 Sen&#8230;Have rendered Parliament, the most important institution in the Country USELESS&#8230; These sycophants only serve the whims of 3 Men&#8230; Two of who they can fire while the other holds no public office. added Abdikadir<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>His sentiments were shared by the former Kakamega senator Dr Bonny Khalwale who further added that the two houses were indeed taken hostage by the executive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"598\" height=\"330\" src=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/image-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/image-6.png 598w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/image-6-300x166.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kenyan parliament is dead: Former Mp and senior counsel Abdikadir Mohamed says. The former MP who served as president Kenyatta&#8217;s legal advisor during his first term has lashed at both the National Assembly and the senate for being a pale shadow of what the two houses are supposed to be. 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