Senator Crystal Asige has requested statement pursuant to Standing Order 52(1), to make a Statement on an issue of general topical concern, namely: Commemoration of the World Autism Awareness Day.

The Senate Standing Committee on Trade, Industrialization and Tourism Chaired by Kajiado Senator, Lenku Ole Kanar Seki today met delegations from the Ministry of Cooperatives and MSMEs led by the Principal Secretary Hon. Patrick Kilemi; and the Drumvale Farmers' Cooperative Society led by the Society's Chairman Mr. Felix Maingi to consider a Statement sought by Sen. Agnes Kavindu Muthama, regarding the liquidation of Drumvale Farmers’ Cooperative Society in Machakos County.

T he Committee on Implementation met with the Cabinet Secretary (CS), National Treasury and Economic Planning Prof Njuguna Ndung’u, and members of the Kenyan Association of Retired Officers (KARO), to discuss the implementation status of payment of pensions to retired Government officers.

Committee on Trade, Industry and Cooperatives led by the Chairperson Hon. James Gakuya, undertook an inspection visit of  the Dongo Kundu Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Project. The Committee sought to understand the challenges experienced by the Dongo Kundu SEZ project, the progress on squatter settlement, the investors at the zone and their strategic plan.