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Proposal on number of MPs good

When Kenyans set out to make a new constitution, they wanted a representative yet manageable legislative assembly at the national and county levels.PHOTO: COURTESY

Once again, our bloated Parliament has come back to haunt us. An audit by a team set up by the National Assembly has, for the second time in as many years, come up with the inevitable finding that Kenyans are over-represented in the two levels of Government as established by the Constitution.

When Kenyans set out to make a new constitution, they wanted a representative yet manageable legislative assembly at the national and county levels.

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