Friday, May 25, 2018

MP Reacts To High Court Ruling Removing Parliamentary Immunity

Lawmakers have lost the privilege that cushioned them from being served court papers within the precincts of Parliament. This is after High Court recently struck out section 7 and 11 of the Parliamentary Powers and Privileges Act which restricts serving legal papers within parliament and questioning parliamentary proceedings in court. The court ruled that they are unconstitutional. The reaction from legislator Kimani Ichungwa was rather predictable and very unfortunate.

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