Nairobi — The issue of top government officials suspected to have masterminded the post-poll violence will be addressed Wednesday afternoon in the House.

This comes a week after Prime Minister Raila Odinga assured Parliament that all those indicted by the International Criminal Court will be forced to resign from government.

Deputy Speaker Farah Maalim made a preliminary ruling on the matter after MPs insisted that even before the ICC indictment, then all ministers with pending court cases had to vacate their offices as per the Public Officers Ethics Act.

As soon as Mr Maalim finished his ruling during the Parliament's morning session, Ikolomani MP Boni Khalwale (New Ford Kenya) asked him to rule that the Prime Minister addresses the issue as a matter of government policy with regard to implementation of the country's laws.

"Will the same government respect the Public Officers Ethics Act?" posed the Ikolomani MP, who is also the chair of Parliament's powerful watchdog committee, Public Accounts Committee.

Mr Odinga will respond to the issue this afternoon.

Last week, during the PM's 45-minute address to Parliament, Ndaragwa MP Jeremiah Kioni (PNU) had questioned a perceived inconsistency in the application of the law, since there were serving public servants, among them ministers, who continued with their duties despite ongoing court cases.

A list of names of Cabinet ministers with pending court cases has been tabled in the House, with most of the cases relating to high-level corruption.

However, Mr Maalim said, that if the MPs want to discuss the names of the ministers with court cases, then they'd have to notify the House three days in advance.