Malindi MP Aisha Jumwa was among 10 legislators exposed in a parliamentary report for not attending any committee meetings.
In the report tabled in Parliament on Thursday, July 16, the Malindi MP is reported not to have attended any meeting by the Members Services and Facilities Committee from January to October 2019.
Jumwa who was ejected by NASA as the representative to the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) in June was moved to the committee on Parliamentary Broadcasting and Library in changes announced by Majority Leader Amos Kimunya on July 15.
Others who did not attend any meetings were Makadara MP George Aladwa who sits in the Departmental Committee on Lands and his Ruaraka counterpart Tom Kajwang (Ruaraka) who is in the Constitution Implementation Oversight Committee (CIOC).
Also highlighted were Emgwen MP Alexander Kosgey who was recently moved to the Procedure and House Committee from the Trade and Industry docket and Turkana North MP Christopher Nakuleu who will now serve in the Trade committee as well as the Public Accounts Committee.
Alfred Sambu (Webuye East) and Abdi Tepo (Isiolo South) who are both in the Committee on Delegated Legislation did not attend any meetings accordig to the report.
Makueni Woman Rep Rose Museo who sits on both the Labour and National Cohesion committees and Maison Leshomo (Samburu), Agriculture and Livestock and the National Cohesion committtes retained both positions in the new line-up.
Enoch Kibunguch (Likuyani) was also spotted as having absconded the committee meetings in that period. He was moved to the Special Funds Accounts Committee in the new changes.
While presenting the list of the new committee members in Parliament, Majority Leader Amos Kimunya warned that he would take action against members abandoning their duties.
The Kipipiri MP noted that some of the legislators did not take their roles seriously and resulted to holding chairpersons at ransom with threats of being dewhipped to avoid being ejected.
He affirmed that, he would personally initiate the removal process of committee members who were not performing their duties.
According to the Parliament Standing orders, if a Member fails to attend four consecutive sittings of a committee without the written permission of the chairperson or the permission of the Speaker, the MP shall be replaced with the approval of the House.
"I will take it up as the Majority leader. I have a template ready where the only thing that will change is the name and the date," he told MPs.
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