Lobby sues Registrar over party hopping

http://www.ntv.co.ke/
A group of civil society organizations have now sued the Registrar of Political Parties for what they say is her failure to enforce party discipline and more specifically party hopping. In their suit filed under the certificate of urgency, the applicants, calling themselves Friends of Raila note that in recent days, the country has witnessed the defection of top leaders from the parties that sponsored them to parliament. The applicants now want the court to give orders for the Registrar to crack the whip on politicians who have defected from their parties without giving up their parliamentary seats. The bid, if successful could see more than 100 MPs lose their parliamentary seats.

View the original article here

'Congress corrupt to core' - US lobby probe scapegoat

When it comes to big money in America's politics, lobbyists are the people who know exactly how it works. RT talks to former lobbyist Jack Abramoff who explains why he thinks Washington is corrupted to the core.

RT on Twitter http://twitter.com/RT_com
RT on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/RTnews

View the original article here