Sen. Esther Okenyuri seeks a statement from the Senate Standing Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations concerning the County boundary dispute between Kisii County and Nyamira County.

The Senator wants the Committee to:

1. Provide the cadastral maps and the exact boundary points between Kisii County an Nyamira County.

2. State reasons for the ongoing boundary dispute between the two counties and the resulting chaos in Keroka Town, addressing claims of double taxation of traders in the town.

Sen. Beatrice Akinyi Ogola has sought a statement from the Standing Committee on Land, Environment and Natural Resources regarding compensation of persons whose land was acquired by the Government for the proposed expansion of Kabunde Airstrip in Homa Bay.

The Senator wants the Committee to:

Provide a list of all residents whose land was acquired by the Kenya Airport Authority (KAA) to pave way for the expansion of the Kabunde Airtrip, including the respective Land Registration Numbers and the approved amounts to be paid for land and properties.

Lamu County Senator Joseph Kamau, is seeking a Statement from the Standing Committee on Land , Environment and Natural Resources regarding the compulsory acquisition of land by the Government in Lamu.

Kiambu County Senator Karugu Thang’wa, is seeking a Statement from Standing Committee on National Cohesion , Equal Opportunity and Regional Integration, regarding ethnic composition of the public sector workforce at different levels of government.

The Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, Hon. Davis Chirchir, has today informed the Senate that Kenya owes the International Oil Exploration Companies (IOC) USD 23.7 million for the early oil project scheme in South Lokichar, Turkana County.