Kiharu Member of Parliament Ndindi Nyoro has broken his silence after he was replaced as the National Assembly Budget and Appropriations Committee chairperson.
Nyoro is among chairpersons of departmental committees who faced the axe in the latest purge in the National Assembly committees which targeted allies or sympathizers of former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.
In his press briefing on Tuesday, March 18 Nyoro expressed his gratitude for the opportunity to serve on the powerful committee for the last two years.
He went on to explain that his tenure as the Budget Committee chairman triggered the desire for him to further his studies.
Nyoro revealed that he is pursuing two masters degrees at the moment.
“Given the chance I was serving as the chairman of the budget committee, I decided to go back to school. I started pursuing two master’s degrees together. One in KU (Kenyatta University) Master of Economics in Public Policy and the other one in the University of Nairobi that is Master of Arts in Economics, which I have been pursuing since 2023,” he said.
“I decided to do that because I wanted to deepen my knowledge in the economic, platform.”
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Nyoro on why he enrolled for two masters degrees
He further said that he has been attending the classes physically when needed to and virtually for those offered online.
According to the Kiharu lawmaker, he made it his duty to listen in terms of attendance and to participate in any other participatory issues that he needed to do as a student.
“And gratefully, I am actually done with coursework. I am now doing the projects, both of them together. I may graduate this year,” he added.
At the same time, the parliamentarian accused the Kenya Kwanza administration of abandoning him, adding that at no time did President William Ruto or other top officials communicate with him before he was ousted as from his Budget Committee chair seat and that he is not aware of the reason behind his removal.
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This comes a time when he was eagerly awaited to break his silence and “spill the beans” on a number of issues after losing his budget chairperson seat.
Committee changes
Alego Usonga MP Samuel Atandi was elected to replacing his Kiharu Counterpart in the new formation unveiled on Wednesday, March 12, to be deputized by Endebes MP Robert Pukose.
This came following the start of the process to select new Chairpersons and Members of the newly constituted National Assembly Committees.
Butere MP Tindi Mwale, on his part, has been elected as the National Assembly Public Accounts Committee Chairperson to be deputized by Garissa Woman Representative Amina Udgoon.
In addition, Nominated MP Irene Mayeka was elected unopposed as the Regional Integration Commitee chair to be deputised by Fafi MP, Farah Yakub.
Runyenjes MP Eric Karemba was unveiled as the new chair of the Constitution Implementation Oversight Committee, replacing Githunguri lawmaker Gathoni Wamuchomba.
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