Ndindi Nyoro 'Deported' from Lucrative Budget Committee to Immigrant Workers Committee

• Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro will now sit in the Diaspora Affairs and Immigrant Workers Committee as a member
• Nyoro replaces Kajiado woman representative Leah Sankaire in the committee in changes sanctioned by the National Assembly
• His joining of the diaspora committee comes months after he was removed from the Budget and Appropriations Committee (BAC), which he chaired for close to three years

Eli Odaga, a journalist at TUKO.co.ke, brings more than three years of experience covering politics and current affairs in Kenya.

The National Assembly has announced new changes in the parliamentary committees.

Several notable members have been named in the shifts approved on Tuesday, July 29.

Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro was taken to the Diaspora Affairs and Immigrant Workers Committee, replacing Kajiado woman representative Leah Sankaire, who moved to the Departmental Committee on Tourism and Wildlife.

Nyoro would be taking the new role coming from the powerful Budget and Appropriations Committee (BAC), which he chaired for close to three years; he was relegated to be an ordinary member.

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He was replaced by Alego Usonga MP Sam Atandi, who currently chairs the budget committee and is deputised by Endebess MP Robert Pukose.

Inside changes in National Assembly committees

In other changes in the House, Lamu West MP Muiruri Muthama moved to the Blue Economy, Water and Irrigation committee, replacing Njoro's Chepkwony Charity Kathambi.

Still in the Blue Economy committee, Homa Bay woman representative Bensuda Joyce Atieno Osogo was called up to fill the vacancy of former Kasipul MP, the late Charles Ong’ondo Were.

Elsewhere, Maragua MP Mary Wamaua was moved to the Departmental Committee on Labour to replace Nakuru County woman representative Liza Chelule, who was moved to the Departmental Committee on Regional Development, taking the place of Teso South's Mary Emase, who joined the Public Accounts Committee (PAC).

Taveta MP John Okano Bwire was moved to the Trade, Industry and Cooperatives Committee, taking over the position of former Mbeere North MP Geoffrey Ruku was appointed the Cabinet Secretary for Public Service.

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Kitui East MP Nimrod Mbithuka Mbai moved to the Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee to replace Runyenjes MP Eric Muchangi Karemba, who moved to the Public Petitions Committee.

Mathioya MP Edwin Mugo Gichuki joined the Budget and Appropriations Committee, replacing the Kiharu MP.

Meanwhile, even prior to the changes in the committee memberships, Nyoro has turned out to be the biggest critic of the government.

The heavy criticism started immediately after he was stripped of the chairmanship of the BAC.

The lawmaker has lately blasted the government over its supposed blunders in the country's fiscal management.

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His attack points include the securitisation of the fuel levy, which he claimed was a bad move that would leave Kenyans to service an additional sovereign debt.

The government secured a KSh 175 billion loan with a KSh 7 fuel levy as the collateral.

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He argued that the loan is not recorded in government books, making it prone to dissipation.

Why government blundered in KSh 44b bond Ndindi Nyoro

Nyoro also recently faulted the government's move to float a Sports Fund bond to raise over KSh 44 billion to fund the construction of the Talanta Stadium.

In his reservations, the loan raised in the capital market was too pricey owing to the over 15% interest rate.

He warned that with the uncertainty of the Sports Fund to raise the interest, Kenyans would shoulder the burden to repay the loan, given that the government is the guarantor in the arrangement.

The KSh 44 billion debt security matures in 2040, with the government expected to repay at least KSh 100 billion in interest alone, adding to the initial principal.

Proofreading by Asher Omondi, copy editor at TUKO.co.ke.

Source: TUKO.co.ke