MPs reviewing proposed Privileges and Immunities orders for the Ford Foundation and the Africa Finance Corporation pressed for tighter safeguards when the National Assembly’s Committee on Delegated Legislation met on October 8. Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi and officials from both organisations appeared before the committee. The main concern raised by members was that the protections should not restrict how Kenyan authorities enforce the law. MPs took particular issue with the provisions sought for the Ford Foundation, arguing that any immunity granted must be bounded and should leave intact the country’s sovereignty, its accountability mechanisms and the ordinary application of statutes. AFC’s application drew separate questions. Ainabkoi MP Samuel Chepkonga asked why the corporation warranted treatment that other foreign financial institutions, Nigerian banks among them, do not receive while operating in Kenya. Gichugu MP Robert Gichimu sought to establish whether the privileges contemplated for AFC matched those it enjoys in other jurisdictions. The report of the sitting does not record answers to either question. Likuyani MP Innocent Mugabe sought clarification on whether the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission would keep its power to step into corruption cases involving the corporation. The report does not record a response to that request. Officials told the...
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