Thursday, February 22, 2024 – President William Ruto once again had his way yesterday after Members of Parliament passed the controversial Affordable Housing Bill after a third reading.
The MPs passed the Affordable Housing Bill with amendments
by a simple majority after Azimio legislators stormed out of the chambers in
protest.
In a press briefing outside Parliament, the Raila
Odinga-allied MPs argued that all their proposed amendments were rejected by
the House, claiming that the exercise was flawed.
Led by Suna East MP Junet Mohamed, the Azimio politicians
noted that the House was acting on instructions from State House to pass the
bill without any amendments.
"We want to tell members of the Azimio coalition that
many of them filed amendments as early as yesterday but unfortunately it looks
like there are instructions from the Kenya Kwanza regime that the Bill must be
passed without any amendments," Junet noted.
"They are not listening to the amendments or issues
that can make life better for Kenyans. For that reason, we have instructed our
members to drop all our amendments because they are not been engaged in a
manner that can make the bill better."
The Affordable Housing Bill is now slated for consideration
by the Senate for concurrence.
The Kenyan DAILY POST
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