Much of the public conversation around the report of the parliamentary watchdog committee on the National Youth Service (NYS) scandal has focused on its timing.
Its release close to the General Election in August and a radical recommendation that certain individuals be barred from holding public office or be investigated further have predictably sparked conspiracy theories.
Former Devolution and Planning minister Anne Waiguru and her supporters are particularly incensed that the National Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) called her out at a time she is campaigning to be elected Kirinyaga County governor having recently won the Jubilee nomination.
But a legitimate public concern about the latest indictments by the parliamentary watchdog is whether they will be implemented.
Many past House committee reports on similarly weighty issues have been left to gather dust on the shelves after the Executive or the relevant independent institutions refused to implement the committee’s proposals.
In some cases, MPs have turned up in the House to disown the report of a committee on which they sit, effectively invalidating its findings.
The NYS scandal report has presented Parliament with another opportunity to redeem its image; it should seize the moment.
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