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𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐀𝐃𝐇𝐎𝐂 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐄 𝐉𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐕𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐔𝐒 𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐘 𝐁𝐎𝐌𝐁𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐏𝐑𝐀𝐘 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐄𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐒𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐒

It was a solemn but hopeful day at the August 7th Memorial Park in Nairobi when the Senate Ad Hoc Committee that is Pushing for Compensation to the Kenyan Victims of the 1998 US Embassy Bombing attended the Victims Prayer Day. 

The Ad Hoc Committee attended the event to meet with all the Victims of the terrorist attack and listen to their side of the story, before embarking on a visit to the United States of America to meet with the Members of the US Congress and the Senate to lobby for their compensation. 

𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐈𝐂𝐓 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐕𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐓 𝐀𝐍 𝐈𝐍𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐑𝐘 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐎 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐈𝐍’𝐒 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐊𝐄𝐍𝐘𝐀

The Senate Committee on Information, Communication and Technology, led by the Chairperson Senator Allan Chesang, has resolved to conduct an inquiry into the operations of World Coin’s cryptocurrency project in Kenya. 

This comes following a public outcry on the blockchain company’s operations in the country and the contradicting statements given by the Ministry of ICT and Digital Economy and the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government about the same. 

𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐄 𝐀𝐃𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐎𝐖𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐏 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐍𝐙𝐎𝐈𝐀 𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐒𝐄𝐖𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐆𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐀𝐍𝐘

Today, the Senate Committee on County Public Investments and Special Funds (CPISFC), chaired by Senator Godfrey Osotsi, convened to address concerns outlined in the Auditor General's Report regarding Nzoia Water and Sewerage Company Limited's Financial Statements for the financial years 2018/2019, 2019/2020, and 2020/2021. In attendance was Bungoma County Governor Kenneth Lusaka, who responded to the raised questions.

𝐊𝐍𝐂𝐂𝐈 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐒𝐄𝐄𝐊𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐘 𝐁𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐂 𝐎𝐔𝐓𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐊

The Senate Standing Committee on Trade, Industrialization and Tourism has promised to engage the leadership of the the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KNCCI) on ways they can improve trade and investments in the counties.

At a meeting between the two, the Committee, which is chaired by Sen. Lenku ole Kanar Seki, promised to involve KNCCI in deliberations concerning the National and County business and economic outlook.

𝐑𝐄𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐎𝐍 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐊𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐔𝐒𝐇𝐄 𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐀 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐓𝐀 𝐓𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐓𝐀 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐘

Taita Taveta County Senator Johnes Mwaruma, is seeking a Statement from the Standing Committee on Land, Environment and Natural Resources concerning Mining in the Kishushe area of Taita Taveta County.

Senator Mwaruma in his Statement wants the Committee to provide a list of Companies conducting mining in the Kishushe area and details of artisanal miners in the said area; Committee to specify the type of minerals each company and group of artisanal miners are excavating, with evidence of licenses in accordance with section 32(3) of the Mining Act.