The Senate Standing Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations Chaired by Baringo Senator William Cheptumo met today to consider the draft Disaster Management Bill sponsored by the Committee.

The major objective of the Bill is to provide a framework for effective and coordinated disaster management at the National and County level.

The Bill establishes the National Disaster Risk Management Authority to ensure that there is coordination of disaster risk management issues within the National government and between the national and county governments.

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) requires Kshs 14.8 billion annual budgetary allocation for recruitment of teachers.

TSC CEO Dr. Nancy Njeru Macharia said this when she appeared before the Senate Committee on National Cohesion, Equal Opportunity and Regional Integration to apprise them on the recent recruitment of Teachers.

She pointed out that currently the country is facing a shortage of 111,870 teachers who needs to be recruited over a period of five years.

The Senate will hold its sittings dubbed Senate Mashinani in Turkana County in September from 25th to 29th.

The Senators will on this Tuesday deliberate on a motion by the Senate Majority Leader conveying a resolution by the Senate Business Committee that settled on Turkana County as the host County.

Nominated Senator Beatrice Akinyi has sought a statement from the Senate Standing Committee on Land, Environment and Natural Resources on the proposed relocation of Homabay GOK Prisons to Ndhiwa Sub County instead of a proposed University on the same parcel.

In her request, Sen. Akinyi wants the committee to state when the decision to relocate the Homabay GOK Prisons to Ndhiwa Sub County was arrived at, disclosing the parties involved in the decision and when the public participation with the residents of Ndhiwa community was conducted.

Nominated Senator Hamida Kibwana has tabled a request for a statement from the Senate Standing Committee on Health regarding claims of mishandling of a Ksh 3.7 billion tender by the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (KEMSA) for the supply of treated mosquito nets.

Lamu County Senator Joseph Githuku Kamau, MP, is seeking a statement from the Standing Committee on Land, Environment, and Natural Resources pertaining to the status of land discharge in Lamu County. 

In his statement, the Senator requests the committee to Elucidate on the state of the Settlement Fund Trustee, which was tasked with settling people either on un-alienated Government land or on land purchased from private owners.