Members of Parliament (MPs) from Western Kenya want to petition the Supreme Court to dissolve the 12th Parliament.
The legislators made the clarion call after a recent report alleged the possible bribing of some of the MPs to meddle with the ongoing Sugar Scandal probe.
Led by Ayub Savula (Lugari) and Justus Murunga (Matungu), the MPs threatened to mobilise sugarcane farmers to petition the court to send parliament packing.
[caption caption="Ayub Savula (Lugari) and Justus Murunga (Matungu) speaking to press in Kisumu on Sunday"]
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The leaders opined that the electorate should be given another opportunity to elect leaders who will care for their interests.
"The Speaker must institute thorough investigations into this matter, but we will continue mobilising farmers to ensure that this petition sails through.
"We want fresh elections, those who received bribes should be kicked out of Parliament because we want to save the image of the House," the Lugari MP asserted.
The MPs further indicated that they were ready to testify before the Powers and Privilege Committee to aid investigations implicating other Members of Parliament in the bribery allegations.
"If given that opportunity we will do so. The evidence is everywhere that members (MPs) were bribed. They were even recorded on cameras," Murunga quipped.
This came as National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi called the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) to investigate the possible compromise of the assembly through bribes.
This is after reports emerged that some MPs received kickbacks of between Ksh10,000 and Ksh30,000 to reject the contraband sugar probe report on Thursday.
[caption caption="National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi"]
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"My office and the House leadership, in general, takes the bribery allegations within the precincts of Parliament very very seriously and this must be thoroughly investigated, and appropriate action taken pursuant to provisions of relevant statutes," Muturi had remarked.
