MPs drop plans for special sitting over coronavirus fears

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TUESDAY APRIL 7 2020

The National Assembly. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
In Summary

• Sources said the ministry warned that it would have been reckless for MPs to continue with the sitting scheduled for Tuesday before release of results of all the 50 members who were tested.
• A bulk SMS sent by the clerk on Monday said the sitting was cancelled due to a review of health and safety arrangements related to reassurance of the health of MPs and staff while within the precincts of Parliament.

By SAMWEL OWINO
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A special sitting of MPs was cancelled indefinitely due to fears of mass coronavirus infections among them and a warning from the Ministry of Health, the Nation has learnt.
Sources at Parliament Buildings told the Nation that the ministry warned that it would have been reckless for MPs to carry on with the sitting scheduled for Tuesday before release of the results of all the 50 members who were tested.
Tracking coronavirus
Unconfirmed information from multiple sources within Parliament indicated that at least 17 out of the 50 MPs tested so far are positive.
But the National Assembly's leaders, including Speaker Justin Muturi, dismissed this report as fake news.
“It is not true,” Mr Muturi told the Nation. “Results are given to individual members.
https://www.nation.co.ke/news/50-MPs--parliament-staff-set-for-Covid-19-testing/1056-5508560-iu499xz/index.html

 

[Pirate of carribean]

Results sio shida since they are rich. I wish the sitting was done in a congested room and every mp forced to attend especially the nominated ones

 

[It's Me Scumbag]

@thirdman umeona hii...the 'nyota' clickbait story as you called is in the 'nachon'

 

[thirdman]

@thirdman umeona hii...the 'nyota' clickbait story as you called is in the 'nachon'

The star doesn't have the story to that headline on page 2. That's click bait.