Kuria Kimani heard loud protests from Kenyans, reported they were celebrating

So serious is this task, the National Assembly's Committee on Finance and National Planning dedicated nine days to hearing ordinary Kenyans' views, before the Kimani-led team retreated to some quiet, inspiring environment in Naivasha.

I'm talking of the type of resort where one has sets of pillows to choose from so that our honourable waheshimiwa do not suffer stiff necks as they dispense their honourable duty to the nation. These comforts, of course, are afforded by our hard-earned taxes.

I understand this Kimani fellow has solid training in accounting, but when he did his math, as we say in our language, he didn't seem to apply addition, only subtraction.

So, of the hundreds of Kenyans who appeared before his committee to vehemently oppose the Bill, Kimani offered a different verdict. He said Kenyans were delighted at the prospect of subsidised housing.

For instance, out of the 89 emails delivered to the committee, according to an audit by Citizen TV, only two supported the Bill; the other 87 were opposed to it. But when Kimani read his report from the floor of the House, he extolled Kenyans' fictitious support for the legislation.

Kimani shouldn't take Kenyans kimalenge; if his committee deliberately suppressed dissent to the Bill, isn't that a violation of the law, especially since the proceedings were recorded and many of them broadcast on national television?