Ruto claims senate extorted ksh150m

Tonight, what was meant to be a parliamentary group meeting between allied parties in the government, the UDA and ODM parties, degenerated into a session where MPs were taken to task over accusations of rampant corruption in parliament. President William Ruto read the riot act to MPs, accusing them of turning parliament into a den of corruption, citing an alleged extortion case, the president claiming some 150 million shillings was paid to senators as inducement to save governors from impeachment.