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𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐄 𝐔𝐍𝐕𝐄𝐈𝐋𝐒 𝐁𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐓 𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐒 𝐀𝐒 𝐇𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐋 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐖𝐒 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒

A Senate committee has exposed a financial catastrophe at Bomet Water and Sanitation Company (BOMAWASCO), where employees have gone unpaid for 19 months and the company is now technically insolvent. This comes even as Longisa County Referral Hospital shows significant progress in addressing past audit concerns.

 

The findings emerged during a field visit by the Senate Committee on Public Investments and Special Funds to Bomet County, a follow-up to their March 28 meeting in Nairobi with county officials over Auditor General reports for the 2023/24 fiscal year.

 

𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐄 𝐌𝐄𝐄𝐓𝐒 𝐊𝐄𝐘 𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐋 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐑𝐄𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌 𝐀𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐀 𝐀𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐃 𝐎𝐅 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟕

The Senate Standing Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights (JLAHRC) met with election stakeholders to address urgent reforms needed before the 2027 General Elections, with funding shortfalls and legal gaps emerging as critical challenges.

 

The JLAHRC brought together representatives from the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), the Office of the Registrar of Political Parties, the National Gender and Equality Commission, and civil society groups to chart a reform agenda.

 

𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐏𝐆 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐦𝐢𝐝 𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐫𝐲 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞

The Senate Standing Committee on Energy has launched a formal inquiry into the controversial handover of a 30,000-metric-tonne Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) storage facility in Mombasa to Nigerian firm Asharami Synergy Ltd. 

 

The move has raised major concerns about transparency, legality, and the sidelining of the Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC), which had originally been tasked with developing the project.

 

𝐌𝐔𝐑𝐊𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐍 𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐒 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐅𝐔𝐋𝐋 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐇 𝐎𝐅 𝐀𝐋𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐓 𝐎𝐉𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐆 𝐈𝐍 𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐂𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐃𝐘

The Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration, Hon. Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen, appeared before the Senate plenary to respond to a statement sought by Senator Eddy Oketch (Migori) regarding the death of Mr. Albert Omondi Ojwang while in police custody.