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 National Assembly Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning chaired by Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo) continued receiving views on the Finance Bill (2023) from members of the public. 

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.

The National Assembly Committee on Diaspora and Migrant Affairs chaired by Hon. Lydia Haika (Taveta County) met representatives from the Association of Skilled Migrant Agencies of Kenya (ASMAK) and the Kenya Private Employment Agencies (KAPEA) to discuss the growing concerns surrounding migrant worker issues and the unethical conduct of private recruitment agencies in the recruitment of labor migrants and the placement of students abroad. 

The National Assembly Committee on Finance and National Planning chaired by Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo), continued receiving views from members of the public in the ongoing public hearings in regard to the Finance Bill 2023.