𝐀𝐂𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐈𝐍 𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍: 𝐊𝐈𝐓𝐔𝐈 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐘 𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐒𝐂𝐑𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐘
In a significant move towards administrative accountability, the Senate Committee on County Public Investments and Special Funds, led by Vihiga Senator Godfrey Osotsi, convened to interrogate the financial conduct of Kitui County's water and sanitation entity. Julius Malombe, the Governor of Kitui County, appeared before the Committee to respond to the Auditor General’s queries arising from the financial statement reports of Kitui Water and Sanitation Company Limited (KITWASCO) for the fiscal years 2018/19, 2019/20 and 2020/21.
“𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐊𝐎𝐌 𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐒 𝐔𝐒 𝐊𝐒𝐇𝐒 𝟒 𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐀 𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐓𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐀𝐋𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍,” 𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐓𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐑 𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐒 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐈𝐂𝐓
The Senate Committee on Information, Communication and Technology led by Trans Nzoia Senator Allan Chesang, has today heard that Telkom Kenya owes the American Tower Corporation Kshs4 billion for a telecommunications tower sale and leaseback transaction dated October 2018.
While considering a correspondence on the request for intervention by ATC Kenya, the telecommunications infrastructure operator informed the Members of the Committee that Telkom has failed to meet its Master Site License Agreement (MSLA) despite ATC Kenya providing services and upholding its agreements.
𝐑𝐄𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐑𝐎𝐀𝐃 𝐈𝐍 𝐍𝐘𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐑𝐀 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐘
Nyamira County Senator Okongo Mogeni, is seeking a Statement from the Standing Committee on Roads and Transportation regarding the state of roads in Nyamira County.
In his Statement, Nyamira Senator wants the Committee to disclose the roads that have been approved for funding by the County Government of Nyamira during the 2019/2020 to 2021/2022 Financial Years, detailing the respective constituencies in which the said roads are located; Committee to table a report on which of these roads have been completed as wells as those currently under construction.