Nairobi, Feb. 22 -- A total of 149 MPs skipped a crucial vote on the contested Affordable Housing Bill, 2023, exposing their double-speak on the matter that has a direct economic impact on their constituents.

The Nation has established that some of the MPs - who skipped the vote - were within the precincts of Parliament but chose not to do the work they were elected for.

In the public - days before the debate and subsequent vote at the second reading on Tuesday - some of the MPs were the most vocal proponents and opponents of the Bill that has become a divisive subject pitting President William Ruto's Kenya Kwanza and the opposition's Azimio La Umoja One Kenya Coalition of Raila Odinga.

But when the division bell rang, out of the 348 M...