Public Investments Committee on Commercial Affairs and Energy chaired by Hon. David Pkosing (Pokot South) wants the National Water Harvesting and Storage Authority (NWHSA) to explain why it had 12 Directors instead of the 10 allowed and provided for in the Water Act.

The Authority officials led by the Acting Chief Executive Officer Eng. John Muhia appeared before the Committee to respond to queries arising from the Auditor General's Financial Statements for the Financial Years 2018/2019 to 2020/2021.

The Decentralised Funds Accounts Committee led by the Vice-Chairperson Hon. Gertrude Mbeyu (Kilifi County) conducted an inspection visit of the stalled Lurambi National Government Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) office block in Lurambi Constituency, Kakamega County.

Before visiting the stalled project in Kakamega town, the Committee paid a courtesy call to the Kakamega Governor, Hon. Fernandes Barasa. Governor Barasa commended the legislators for their oversight role and urged them to be steadfast in ensuring that public funds are not misappropriated.

The County Public Accounts Committee (CPAC) has directed the directed the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) to investigate how Migori County Government transferred Sh78million to the County Assembly and how the funds were utilized.

The directive was issued by the committee chairman Moses Kajwang failed to account how the funds were utilised.

The committee wants the Governor to provide evidence how County Assembly spent more than 13 per cent of the County’s revenue for the financial year ended June 2020.

Weaknesses in the law and Kenya’s democratic credential have been cited as the reason why the State has failed to reign in religious groups that run afoul of the law.

Attorney General Justin Muturi told a Committee of the Senate on Wednesday May, 10th 2023, that Societies Act, which regulates the sector is old and mundane, pleading with Parliament to work with the executive to fast track the law.