Am I the only one who is concerned by the quality of debate, oversight and legislation coming out of the two Houses of Parliament?

The debates have degenerated into shouting matches as alluded to by Phillip Ochieng in the SN and there's hardly any decorum.

It also seems that nobody really bothers to scrutinize the bills and motions brought before the National Assembly.

The fact that there are very many new faces in Parliament may account for this behaviour. Even the Speaker of the NA appears to be suffering from the same disease. For the amount of money we spend on these guys, what we're getting is below the standard required.

Other examples include:

Speaker of the NA ordering the media out of the media room.

Passing the VAT Bill without interrogating its effects on the people who voted them into office, then coming back to try and amend law (very difficult).

Botched 'vetting' of Cabinet and Principal Secretaries.

Summoning the JSC and Mrs. Gladys Shollei to appear before them (separation of powers?)

Newbie MPs skipping induction to attend WSR Hague session and ending up with egg on their faces when DP came back and abandoned them in the Dutch city.

A fish rots from the head down. When an organization or state fails, it is the leadership that is the root cause. It is no secret that the current speaker is a featherweight compared to his predecessor. As if that is not enough, majority and minority leaders are bure kabisa.

I do agree with some of the other issues brought up here.

One, the very large number of MPs and Senators is causing all sorts of problems in Parliament.

I'm also starting to agree with those who say that removing the Executive from parliament wasn't the correct move. There's a vacuum there and the MPigs have pounced and are making a killing from the numerous committee sittings.

Lolest, I think we made a mistake to pass the katiba in its current form. It has too many omissions and inconsistencies that cannot be dealt with in one referendum or Bill.

I'm at a loss telling who is who in our Parliament.....They are too many, they hardly take committee work seriously the same cascades to our representatives in the counties. I'm told the COE draft constitution document that was debated and watered down in Naivasha had envisages 14 Counties....No wonder going forward, we must prepare ourselves for higher taxes....

Thanks goodness I EMPHATICALLY voted NO and haven't regretted doing so.