The acrimonious fallout between Members of Parliament and President William Ruto has heralded the beginning of the end of the once blossoming dalliance between the Legislature and the Executive.

And while MPs have for years been criticised by the electorate for reducing their oversight roles to doing the Executive’s bidding, their recent fightback against bribery and corruption allegations by the Head of State only tells of a regret for their actions, through which they have managed to water down checks on the Executive.