ABABU TO CHAIR PAC

CORD to chair parliament’s Public Accounts and Public Investment committees

By Allan Kisia

Nairobi, Kenya: CORD MPs were on Tuesday elected to chair Parliament’s watchdog committees, the Public Accounts Committee ( PAC) and Public Investment Committee ( PIC).

The elections saw Jubilee MPs take vice chair positions in the two committees.

Budalangi MP Ababu Namwamba was elected to chairPAC after beating Nyatike MP Omondi Anyanga 16 votes to 10.

Cecily Mbarire was elected vice chair of PAC. She defeated Joseph Manji and Andrew Mwadime.

Adan Keynan was elected to chair PIC while Antony Kimani will be his vice.