Nairobi, Feb. 21 -- A year-long backlog of petitions from Kenyans to Parliament has put members of the Petitions Committee in the firing line for the second time.

Speaker Moses Wetang'ula has called for a meeting with the National Assembly's Public Petitions Committee following numerous complaints from MPs that their petitions and those of their constituents are taking too long to be processed.

The Petitions Committee, chaired by Kitui East MP Nimrod Mbai, is one of the new committees established in the Thirteenth Parliament following the amendment of the Standing Orders that increased the number of committees from 28 to 44.

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The committee is mandated to consider public petitions tabled in ...