Alego Usonga Member of Parliament Samuel Atandi was on Wednesday elected as National Assembly Budget and Appropriations Committee chairperson, taking over from Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro.
Atandi will be deputised by Endebes MP Robert Pukose in the new realignment.
Minority Leader in the National assembly Junet Mohammed congratulated the new Budget Committee chair and expressed confidence that he shall deliver.
On his X account he wrote, “Kenyans want to see a more equitable distribution of the nation’s cake. I am confident you will deliver, cementing the broad-based government’s vision of an all-inclusive nation,”.
Butere MP Tindi Mwale, was elected as the National Assembly Public Accounts Committee Chairperson and he will be deputized by Garissa Woman Representative Amina Udgoon.
The changes come following the beginning of the process to select new Chairpersons and Members of National Assembly Committees.
The parliament experienced heated exchanges on Tuesday as Majority Leader Kimani Ichung’wah alongside MP Junet Mohammed strongly criticized outgoing Budget Committee Chairperson Ndindi Nyoro over alleged tilted budget allocations.
Ichung’wah moved a motion for the House to hold a special sitting on Friday, and Junet joined him in accusing Nyoro of manipulating the budget process to favor his constituency and political allies at the expense of other regions.
