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“𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐊𝐎𝐌 𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐒 𝐔𝐒 𝐊𝐒𝐇𝐒 𝟒 𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐀 𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐓𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐀𝐋𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍,” 𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐓𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐑 𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐒 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐈𝐂𝐓

The Senate Committee on Information, Communication and Technology led by Trans Nzoia Senator Allan Chesang, has today heard that Telkom Kenya owes the American Tower Corporation Kshs4 billion for a telecommunications tower sale and leaseback transaction dated October 2018. 

While considering a correspondence on the request for intervention by ATC Kenya, the telecommunications infrastructure operator informed the Members of the Committee that Telkom has failed to meet its Master Site License Agreement (MSLA) despite ATC Kenya providing services and upholding its agreements.

𝐑𝐄𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐀 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐎𝐍 𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐒 𝐎𝐂𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝐁𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐁𝐘-𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐈𝐍 𝐁𝐔𝐍𝐆𝐎𝐌𝐀 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐘

Bungoma County Senator David Wafula Wakoli is seeking a statement from the Standing Committee on Justice Legal Affairs and Human Rights on unpaid bills from the Senatorial by- elections held in December 2022 in Bungoma County. 

In his Statement, the Senator requests the Committee to;

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐕𝐎𝐓𝐄 𝐒𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐒 𝐒𝐈𝐀𝐘𝐀 𝐃𝐄𝐏𝐔𝐓𝐘 𝐆𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐎𝐑 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐂𝐇𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓.

The Senate has voted to shoot down the report by the Special Committee recommending the removal from office of the Siaya Deputy Governor Dr.William Oduol through impeachment.

27 Senators voted against both charges levelled against the Deputy Governor with 16 Senators voting to support the charges.

Announcing the verdict the Speaker of the Senate Rt Hon. Amason Jeffa Kingi, EGH said the result of the vote means the Senate had failed to remove the Deputy Governor from office therefore he continues to serve as the Deputy Governor of Siaya County.

𝐈𝐍𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐑𝐘 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐊𝐀𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐀 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑: 𝐀𝐃 𝐇𝐎𝐂 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐄'𝐒 𝐉𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐍𝐄𝐘 𝐓𝐎 𝐕𝐈𝐇𝐈𝐆𝐀 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐘

Today, the Ad Hoc Committee, spearheaded by Senator Shakila Abdalla, which is tasked with investigating the proliferation of Religious Organizations and the circumstances surrounding the distressing fatalities in Shakahola, undertook an investigative journey to Vihiga County. The committee's objective was to engage with various stakeholders, including the County Security and Intelligence Committee, families of the victims, local religious leaders, and non-governmental organizations, in order to accumulate crucial data and viewpoints on the ongoing inquiry.

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