The National Assembly Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations has been informed that extension and renovations works of the Officers Mess at the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) are complete.

Members led by Chairperson Hon. Nelson Koech (Belgut), had visited the DHQ on a site inspection tour of works on the facility as part of their oversight mandate on the Ministry of Defence.

Officials of a Swiss firm which supplies excise stamps to the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) appeared before the Public Investment Committee on Commercial Affairs and Energy to shed light on their contract with the KRA.

The contract mandated the firm, SICPA Security Solutions SA, to provide an Excisable Goods Management System (EGMS) that involved printing, supplying and delivering security revenue stamps to the KRA.

In a significant move towards administrative accountability, the Senate Committee on County Public Investments and Special Funds, led by Vihiga Senator Godfrey Osotsi, convened to interrogate the financial conduct of Kitui County's water and sanitation entity. Julius Malombe, the Governor of Kitui County, appeared before the Committee to respond to the Auditor General’s queries arising from the financial statement reports of Kitui Water and Sanitation Company Limited (KITWASCO) for the fiscal years 2018/19, 2019/20 and 2020/21.

The Public Debt and Privatization Committee chaired by Hon. Abdi Shurie (Balambala) has been apprised on the Supplementary Estimates II for Financial Year 2022/2023 by the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO).

The National Assembly Departmental Committee on Health is set to launch a public inquiry into activities at the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF). This has been prompted by the widespread allegation of collusion between NHIF officials and private healthcare facilities to defraud the national insurer. Speaking on Tuesday after an interactive meeting with top management at the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF), the Chairperson of the Committee Hon.