The Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries chaired by Kirinyaga Senator James Kamau Murango, MP, met today to consider the response from the Cabinet Secretary Water, Sanitation

and Irrigation, Hon. Alice Wahome regarding the Petition on Ethics and Anti-Corruption (EACC) Graft Investigation on the West Kano Irrigation Scheme. 

The Petitioners prayed that the Committee should -

a) Carry out a thorough financial inspection of the scheme between 2007 and 2021;

b) Carry out institutional audit of the scheme since inception;

QUESTION TIME: Hon. Soipan Tuya - CS, Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry 

Pursuant to standing order 56(1)(b) of the Senate Standing Orders, Nyandarua Senator John Methu on behalf of the Committee has made a statement relating to the activities of the Standing Committee on Land, Environment and Natural Resources for the period between 1st April, 2023 to 30th July, 2023.

Land’s Committee Chairperson informed the house that during the period under review, the Committee held a total of twelve (12) sittings during which it considered (1) Legislative Proposal, six (6) Petitions, twenty-eight (28) Statements and two (2) messages.