Sudi tops list of 20 MPs who’ve never spoken in Parliament; Report
Kapseret MP Oscar Sudi tops the list of MPs who have been inactive on the floor of the Parliament in 2024
Kapseret MP Oscar Sudi tops the list of MPs who have been inactive on the floor of the Parliament in 2024.
The findings of a survey by Mzalendo Trust revealed at least 20 lawmakers who are perennial non-speakers in the legislative house.
According to Mzalendo, a Kenyan parliamentary monitoring organisation, the non-speakers could be lacking substantive engagement on issues of public interest deliberated on in the House.
The MPs’ lack of participation in debates on issues of national importance and those affecting their constituencies pointed to their failure as the people’s representatives, one of parliamentarians’ core and vital mandates.
Makadara’s George Aladwa, elected on an ODM ticket, also features on the list of the least vocal MPs.
Others include;
It is not lost that some of the least vocal MPs tag along the country’s powerful figures.
Sudi, for instance, is known to be a close ally of President William Ruto and among the people who are calling the shots in the current regime.
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On the other hand, Aladwa has close ties with veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga, who also remotely controls the business of the National Assembly.
Mzalendo revealed that the foregoing MPs mostly missed sessions in which contentious issues of national interest were being discussed; but they would show up in the voting stage.
For instance, the lawmakers were a no-show in the initial stages of the condemned Finance Bill 2024, but they were present during voting.
In their voting, the members would cast the ballots in line with the wants of the National Executive.
They were also present to vote in the impeachments of former deputy president Rigathi Gachagua and former Agriculture CS Mithika Linturi.
On the other hand, MPs Wilberforce Oundo Ojiambo (Funyula), Beatrice Elachi (Dagoretti North), James Nyikal (Seme), Makali Mulu (Kitui Central) and Adan Wehliye (Eldas) topped the list of members who have mostly been vocal in the National Assembly.
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