Thursday 06th March, 2025 06:28 PM|
Mumias East Member of Parliament (MP) Peter Salasya, has publicly expressed his disappointment after being faraway from a key parliamentary committee.
In a video shared through his official Instagram on Thursday, March 6, 2025, Salasya voiced his bitterness relating to the shift from the Regional Integration Committee to the Broadcasting and Library Services Committee, earlier than being moved again to the Welfare and Food Committee within the cafeteria part.
“I was removed from the committee on Regional Integration and placed in the Broadcasting and library services and taken back to welfare and food in the cafeteria,” Salasya stated.
The outspoken parliamentarian went on to say that the reshuffle wouldn’t hinder his capacity to ship impactful improvement to his constituents. According to him, his expertise in planning will proceed to drive progress in his area, no matter committee assignments.
“I want to tell those Members of Parliament who think that removing us from committees will stop us from delivering development, it will not happen, because I am a good planner,” he added.
He additional emphasised the significance of efficient useful resource administration and expressed confidence in his capacity to ship to his constituents by way of the usage of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF).
“With the available CDF and proper management and supervision, we will still emerge among the top performers in this country,” Salasya added.
Committee reshuffle
Apart from Salasya, Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro was also demoted from his position as Chair of the Budget and Appropriations Committee to function an peculiar member following a movement moved by South Mugirango MP Sylvanus Osoro.
“Over 90 members confirmed curiosity in being members of the price range and appropriations committee, which was not very simple. 90, but the availability of standing orders solely gives for 27, so the one method one can steadiness such is thru developing with a method, and that method is regional points, the query of gender, the query of political affiliation, and negotiations.
“That is why we urge this house to support this list as it is. But even as we move forward, there has also been a lot of politics as far as the formation is concerned…. The members that have been selected upon being passed will sit down within seven days and elect their own chairpersons,” Osoro stated.
Others who confronted comparable demotions embrace Githunguri MP Gathoni Wamuchomba, who was eliminated as Chairperson of the Constitutional Oversight and Implementation Committee and reassigned to the Members’ Services Committee, Kipipiri MP Wanjiku Muhia, Embakasi North MP James Gakuya, and Kajiado North MP Onesmus Ngogoyo.