Kibwezi East MP Jessica Mbalu, 37, notified the Speaker about the mix-up in cardinal directions, and insisted that the House records be corrected to show that the kissing reference had to do with her colleague from Kibwezi West, Dr Patrick Musimba.
“It is possible that you were referring to my colleague from neighbouring constituency who was receiving congratulatory messages from his colleagues in the House following his successful re-election through a by-election,” Mbalu (pictured below) said.
Mbalu lamented that the reference to her constituency in the same line with kissing was “causing anxiety, excitement and concern” among her constituents.
The MP, who sits in the Speakers’ Panel and moderates debate on behalf of the Speaker, pleaded with Muturi to effect the correction to the official records of the House to make sure that they show she was not anywhere near where the alleged kissing was taking place.
“I know that your intention was in good faith and was meant to enforce Standing Order 104 which prohibits members from crossing from one place to another and maintain decorum at all time,” Mbalu told Muturi.
Mbalu, a certified public accountant, and a former lecturer, sought correction to the records of the House, perhaps, aware of the political damage such comments could have on the campaign trail, if they stay in the records of the House. “Honourable members, those of you who are kissing… the new Member for Kibwezi East, stop kissing in the House or whatever it is that you are doing with the Member for Kikuyu, who has just walked out.
That kind of embrace is uncalled for,” Muturi had said on November 6. Fresh oath It was just a day after Musimba had taken a fresh oath following his victory in the by-election in Kibwezi West Constituency. The MP for Kikuyu is Kimani Ichungwa. Mbalu is the MP for Kibwezi East.
-: The Standard
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