Welcome to one of the most candid conversations about life inside Kenya’s National Assembly that has aired on any platform. Hon. Mukunji spoke about the backroom legislative strategies, the personal cost of voting your conscience, the quiet dismantling of parliamentary oversight, and the one thing that still gives him hope. We report the most important bits of what he said. The Party Said Yes. The People Said No. Hon. Mukunji Said No. The Finance Bill 2024 was supposed to sail through Parliament. The ruling UDA party had made its position clear: vote yes. Most members fell in line. Hon. Mukunji did not – and his break with the party set off a chain of consequences that have followed him ever since. Host Diana Ngao, who had been pressing him on how a young MP navigates the tension between party discipline and personal conscience, put the central question of the evening directly:
Inside the House: What Hon. John Mukunji Really Thinks About Parliament, Power, and the People
Having spent years inside the corridors of power, the Manyatta MP showed up with a damning verdict on Parliament, politics, and the people it is meant to serve.
