Queries as Speaker now summons CAG

Controller and Auditor General (CAG), Prof Mussa Assad

What you need to know:

-Speaker of Parliament Job Ndugai threw the country into a legal quandary yesterday following his order that the Controller and Auditor General (CAG), Prof Mussa Assad should submit himself before a parliamentary committee or be brought there while in handcuffs.

-Mr Ndugai ordered Prof Assad to appear before the Parliamentary Privileges, Ethics and Powers Committee and respond to allegations of disrespecting the legislative body following his recent ‘weak Bunge’ remarks.