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𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐀𝐆𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐔𝐋𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐄 𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐀𝐆𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐔𝐋𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐂𝐊 𝐃𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐋𝐎𝐏𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐂𝐒

Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries chaired by Kirinyaga County Senator, Sen.James Kamau Murango,MP, has summoned Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, Hon. Mithika Linturi for failing to appear before them to answer to Statements sought by Senators.

The committee directed that the Cabinet Secretary appears before them on August 21st, 2023 and further requested him to furnish the Committee with responses on the following Statements;

𝐂𝐀𝐏𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐋 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐊𝐄𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐔𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐂𝐄𝐎 𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝐅𝐔𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐍 𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐄𝐃 𝐅𝐑𝐀𝐔𝐃𝐔𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐀𝐂𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐓 𝐄𝐀𝐁𝐋

The CEO, Capital Markets Authority today appeared before the Senate Standing Committee on Trade, Industrialization and Tourism to respond to further questions on the Petition regarding alleged fraudulent acquisition of shareholding at the East African Breweries Ltd. 

𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐖𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐇 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐎𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐊𝐄𝐍𝐘𝐀 𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐇 𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐃𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐔𝐀𝐋 𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐋 𝐌𝐄𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆, 𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐂𝐓 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐑𝐒

The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Kenya branch, has new office bearers after eight legislators were elected to the local Executive Committee that will represent Kenya at the regional level and internationally. This new development follows elections held today during the Association’s Annual General Meeting at the National Assembly Chambers.

𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞: 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

As part of their internship programme, the Senate interns and attaches had the privilege to visit the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) on Wednesday 9th August 2023. 

The visit provided an invaluable opportunity for the interns and attaches to gain insights into the complex world of revenue allocation in Kenya. They learnt about the roles and functions of CRA as entrenched in the constitution and its engagements with the Senate and other stakeholders.

𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐊𝐎𝐌 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐏𝐀𝐘 𝐔𝐒 𝐊𝐒𝐇𝐒𝟔𝟓𝟎 𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐀𝐒 𝐃𝐎𝐖𝐍𝐏𝐀𝐘𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐄𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐖𝐄 𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐂𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐈𝐑 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐑𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐂𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄, 𝐀𝐓𝐂 𝐊𝐄𝐍𝐘𝐀’𝐒 𝐂𝐄𝐎 𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐋 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐈𝐂𝐓 𝐂𝐎𝐌

The Chief Executive Officer of American Tower Corporation Kenya, Mr Thomas Sonesson, has today informed a Committee of the Senate that Telkom Kenya needs to pay ATC Kenya Kshs650 million so that it can be reconnected to its telecommunication infrastructure. 

This comes after Telkom Kenya defaulted on its payment worth Kshs4 billion to ATC Kenya under their Master Lease Agreement for a tower sale and leaseback transaction, forcing the telecommunications infrastructure owner and provider to finance Telkom’s operations. 

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