𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐊𝐄𝐍𝐘𝐀'𝐒 𝐆𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐒 𝐀𝐂𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄: 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐄'𝐒 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐎𝐍 𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐒𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍
In an attempt to tackle the issues raised by the Office of the Auditor General in various counties, the Senate Committee on County Public Investments and Special Funds, under the stewardship of Vihiga County Senator Godfrey Osotsi, held a meeting with the Governors of Makueni, Homa Bay, and Marsabit. The discussions, revolved around the affairs of Water and Sanitation companies, included the review of the Auditor General's Reports on the Financial Statements for the years 2018/19, 2019/20, and 2020/21.
𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐍 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐊𝐀𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐀 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐒 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐈𝐆𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐃, 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐘𝐔𝐌𝐁𝐀 𝐊𝐔𝐌𝐈 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐄 𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐒 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐄
Seven former members of the National Committee on Citizen Participation in Security have said there is no way followers of Pastor Paul Mackenzie’s Goodnews International Church would have been killed in Shakahola Forest without the knowledge of the state.
The group, which was known as Nyumba Kumi Committee, told the Senate Adhoc Committee on the Proliferation of Religious Organisations, which is investigating the Shakahola deaths, that information on the activities of the church was available but it was either ignored or there was deliberate inaction from the security agencies.
𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐅𝐅𝐀𝐈𝐑𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐄 𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐀𝐆𝐄 𝐇𝐎𝐍. 𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐘𝐈 𝐎𝐍 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐃 𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐕𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐎𝐔𝐒 𝐋𝐀𝐖𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐇 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐇 𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐘
The Justice and Legal Affairs Committee led by the Chairperson Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka) held a meeting with the Leader of the Minority Party Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja) who appeared before the Committee with proposals for amendment to diffrent laws to abolish the death penalty.