A team of detectives from the DCI and the EACC is set to start investigating allegations that some MPs received bribes to shoot down the report on contraband sugar.
The legislators are alleged to have received bribes in August to reject the report on the importation of illegal and contaminated sugar.
A source within Parliament told the Star an advance team has visited Parliament Buildings ahead of the start of the probe.
Speaker of the National Assembly Justin Muturi told the Star the House did its part and it is upon the Committee on Implementation to ensure the EACC and the DCI act on the resolutions they made.
“The report is normally forwarded to the agencies to act,” Muturi told the Star on the phone yesterday.
Director of Criminal Investigations George Kinoti promised to swing into action, saying those found culpable will face the law.
He told the Star no one is above the law in the war on corruption. “Once this report is with us, I promise we will act. There will be no sacred cows on this war on corruption. Take my word,” he said.
The MPs amended a House report to have the EACC and the DCI narrow down their investigations to only 10 MPs.
“Based on the oral submissions by the witnesses, it is apparent that some members may have been involved in some forms of impropriety,” the report says.
During investigations by the Muturi-led team, Kimilili MP Didmus Barasa told the committee he saw Wajir woman representative Fatuma Gedi giving out Sh10,000 to MPs to influence them to vote in a particular way.
He claimed Gedi offered him an envelope during a plenary sitting but he rejected it “because his conscience could not allow”.
The first time legislator also told the team that Sirisia MP John Waluke witnessed Gedi attempting to bribe him.
Both Gedi and Waluke denied the claims when they appeared before the committee.
Gedi said she never had any interactions before with Barasa and she had only learnt of him through the media when he made the allegations against her.