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𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐑𝐔𝐈𝐓𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐔𝐋𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐘 𝐀𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐘 𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐑 𝐁𝐄𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐄𝐃 𝐅𝐑𝐀𝐔𝐃

Following the Committee's meeting held on 14th March 2023, the Senate Standing Committee on Labour and Social Welfare, chaired by West Pokot Senator Julius Murgor, today met with the officials from the First Choice Recruitment and Consultancy Agency led by the Founder and Director Judy Jepchirchir concerning alleged fraudulent activities of the agency in Uasin Gishu County. 

𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐎𝐑 𝐃𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐎 𝐑𝐄𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐀 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐎𝐍 𝐑𝐄𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐀𝐂𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐈𝐅𝐌𝐈𝐒 𝐒𝐘𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐌

Isiolo County Senator Fatuma Dullo is seeking for a statement from the Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Budget regarding the chronic delays in disbursement of exchequer funds to counties and reports of hacking of the Integrated Financial Management and Information System (IFMIS).

In her request, the lawmaker wants the committee to state the reasons of the incessant delays in the disbursement of exchequer funds by the National Treasury, particularly to counties. 

𝐑𝐄𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐀 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐁𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐄𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐁𝐈𝐓 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐘

Marsabit County Sen. Chute Mohamed Said, MP, is seeking a statement from the standing committee on Land, Environment and Natural Resources on borehole resources in Marsabit County. 

The Senator has requested the committee to state the number and location of all boreholes in Marsabit County, providing information on whether they are public or private and whether they have a flouride filtration process and indicate the criteria used to identify boreholes for commissioning, stating the requirements, and tests conducted.

𝐑𝐄𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐀 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐙𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐀𝐈𝐑𝐎𝐁𝐈 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐐𝐔𝐎𝐑 𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐁𝐎𝐀𝐑𝐃

Nairobi County Sen. Edwin Sifuna, MP, is seeking a statement from the Stranding Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relationa regarding the status of 

operationalizatrion of the Nairobi County Liquor Licensing Board. 

The Senator has requested the Committee to disclose the amount that has been raised through liquor licensing since the board's creation in 2014 and state the number of youth programmes, in the form of sporting and related activities, that have been created to rehabilitate alcohol and drugs addicts.

𝐑𝐄𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐀 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐙𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐀𝐈𝐑𝐎𝐁𝐈 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐐𝐔𝐎𝐑 𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐁𝐎𝐀𝐑𝐃

Nairobi County Sen. Edwin Sifuna, MP, is seeking a statement from the Stranding Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relationa regarding the status of 

operationalizatrion of the Nairobi County Liquor Licensing Board. 

The Senator has requested the Committee to disclose the amount that has been raised through liquor licensing since the board's creation in 2014 and state the number of youth programmes, in the form of sporting and related activities, that have been created to rehabilitate alcohol and drugs addicts.

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐄 𝐎𝐍 𝐃𝐄𝐕𝐎𝐋𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐒 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 𝐎𝐅 𝟔𝟑 𝐋𝐀𝐖𝐒.

The Senate Standing Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations has resolved to initiate an audit of all laws existing before the promulgation of the 2010 constitution to identify those that require to be amended to align with the constitution.

In a statement to the Senate by the Committee Vice - Chair Sen. Catherine Mumma, the committee noted the need to review the devolved sector laws and align them to the Constitution of Kenya 2010 as they are contributing to the claw-back on the implementation of devolution.