All is set for Monday July 24, 2023 when the Ad hoc committee on the Proliferation of Religious Organisations will hold a public hearing to get the views of the members of the public on its mandate.

In an advert in the local newspapers last week, the Committee, which is chaired by Tana River Senator Danson Mungatana, extended an invite to interested members of the public and organisations to make representations on any of the matters falling within the mandate of the Committee.

The public hearing will be conducted in County Hall, Mini Chamber, between 9.30am and 1.00pm.

Nandi Senator Samson Cherarkey sought a Statement from the Standing Committee on Information, Communication and Technology concerning reported cases of breach of sensitive personal customer data at the Naivas Supermarket. 

While requesting the Statement in the Senate Chamber on Thursday, Senator Cherarkey asked the Senator Allan Chesang-led Committee to state the measures the retail chain has implemented to protect, prevent, and mitigate data breaches involving staff, suppliers and customer data in their ICT platform from future hacking. 

Senator Hamida Kibwana is seeking a statement from the Standing Committee on Health regarding alleged medical negligence at Kiambu County Referral Hospital resulting to the death of an unborn child.  

The Council of Governors has called for harmonization of the delineation of boundaries and management of decentralized units up to the village level to eliminate the parallel administration units of national and county governments.

Appearing before the Senate Standing Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations, Tana River County Governor Dhadho Godhana who is the Chairperson of the Security Committee in the Council said lack of proper delineation of boundaries has caused confusion in operations on the grassroots.

Senate Standing Committee on Trade, Industrialization and Tourism held a hybrid meeting today to consider a Petition and statements before the Committee.

Mr. Nicholas Rono, the Petitioner on a Petition concerning fraudulent shareholding activities and illegal acquisition of East African Breweries Limited (EABL) appeared before Committee to provide additional information on the issues he had raised and to get an update on the current status of his petition.

Nominated Sen. Esther Okenyuri has sought a statement in Senate on the boundary delimitation of the area surrounding Migingo Island in Lake Victoria.