The ODM party and UDA were among the biggest beneficiaries as Members of Parliament elected leaders of the National Assembly Committees.
In the elections conducted on Wednesday, March 12, some MPs lost their seats and were replaced by the colleagues supported in the broad-based government arrangement.
One notable change was in the Budget Committee, where Alego Usonga MP Samuel Atandi (ODM) replaced Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro.
Atandi will be deputized by Endebess MP Robert Pukose of the UDA party.
Meanwhile, in the powerful Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Butere MP Tindi Mwale was elected as the chair. The ODM MP beat his competitor, Otiende Amollo (Rarieda), in the elections.
Read More
"Mwale, who previously served as the committee’s Vice Chairperson, had been acting as Chairperson for the past six months following the departure of nominated MP Hon. John Mbadi," read the statement by Parliament in part.
In the same election, Garissa Woman Representative Amina Siyad Udgoon was elected Vice Chairperson, securing 11 votes against Funyula MP Hon Wilberforce Oundo, who received four (4)."
Other elected officials
Special Funds Committee
Chairperson - Migori County MP Fatuma Zainab
Vice-Chairperson - North Imenti MP Rahim Abdul
Decentralized Funds Accounts Committee
Chairperson - Kitui Central MP Gideon Mulyungi
Vice-Chairperson - Kilifi County MP Getrude Mwanyanje
Committee on Parliamentary Broadcasting and Library
Chairperson - Turkana West MP Daniel Nanok
Vice-Chairperson - Limuru MP John Kiragu
Committee on Implemetation
Chairperson - Budalang'i MP Raphael Wanjala
Vice-Chairperson - Makueni County MP Rose Museo
Diaspora Affairs and Migrant Workers Committee
Chairperson - Taita Taveta County MP Lydia Haika
Vice-Chairperson - Ruiru MP Simon Kingara
