A GOVERNANCE activist has dragged the National Assembly to the Constitutional Court, seeking a declaration that an elected MP’s seat only becomes vacant upon the determination by the High Court. Isaac Mwanza, who has also cited the Attorney General as the second respondent in the matter, wants a declaration that the Speaker’s duty is limited to informing the Electoral Commission of the existence of a vacancy. Mwanza wants a declaration that the prescribed Code of Conduct referred to in Article 72(2)(c) refers to the Parliamentary and Ministerial Code of Conduct whose enforcement is done by a complaint flied with the Chief Justice by any person and determined by the properly constituted Tribunal appointed by the Chief Justice. He also wants...