Nyoro suspended over claims NSSF, PSSF, Kenya Re were pressured to buy KPC shares
NAIROBI, Kenya Oct 8 – Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro has been suspended from Parliament for five sitting days after refusing to apologise for alleging that public institutions were pressured to…
Kenya's National Assembly Speaker, Moses Wetangula, suspended MP Ndindi Nyoro from Parliament for five days on Wednesday after the lawmaker refused to apologize for his claims about the Kenya Pipeline IPO. During a heated plenary session, Nyoro asserted that government officials had pressured pension funds to invest in the IPO, claiming it was nearing collapse.
Nyoro demanded to be heard and presented evidence to support his allegations, but Speaker Wetangula and his colleagues, Majority Leader Kimani Ichung'wah and Minority Leader Junet Mohamed, insisted that he apologize and provide proof. Nyoro dismissed their requests, arguing that truth should take precedence over rules. The Speaker subsequently issued the suspension, which Nyoro viewed as unjust, as he had been unable to substantiate his claims in a formal manner during the parliamentary proceedings.
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