The Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, MP George Gitonga Muragura, has denied claims that the committee and its members solicited Ksh10 million in bribes during the consideration of the Anti-Money Laundering and Combating of Terrorism Financing Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2025.
Speaking during a National Assembly session on Tuesday, August 19, the MP refuted President William Ruto's allegation that the passage of the Bill was influenced by bribery, arguing that the Act passed all the required processes before it was considered a Bill. ''On behalf of the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee, I wish to categorically state that the committee did not solicit and did not receive any inducement of any kind whatsoever from any member or quarter in its consideration of the Anti-Money Laundering and Combating of Terrorism Financing Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2025, as alleged,'' the MP said.
President Ruto has been criticising the National Assembly, accusing MPs of undermining Parliament's credibility.
President William Ruto and ODM Party Leader Raila Odinga during a joint parliamentary group meeting on Monday, August 18 2025.
