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𝐄𝐀𝐂𝐂 𝐀𝐃𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐄 𝐎𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐑𝐔𝐏𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐀𝐒𝐀𝐋 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐄𝐒

Late this week, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), led by Chairperson Bishop David Oginde and Chief Executive Officer Twalib Mbarak, appeared before the Justice Legal Affairs and Human Rights Committee (JLAHRC). Their appearance was in response to a statement sought by Marsabit County Senator Mohamed Chute regarding the status of corruption inquiries in Arid and Semi-Arid lands (ASALs) Counties, specifically Wajir, Mandera, Marsabit, and Samburu.

𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐄 𝐎𝐍 𝐀𝐆𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐔𝐋𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄, 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐂𝐊 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐅𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐌𝐄𝐄𝐓𝐒 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐀𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐀𝐆𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐔𝐋𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐀𝐋 𝐓𝐄𝐂𝐇𝐍𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐘 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍.

The Senate Standing Committee led by Nyeri County Senator kicked off its two day retreat today with the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF)to deliberate on the Agricultural Biotechnology Awareness. 

"I am so delighted with timelines of this engagement given the fact that Kenya has been faced with food security issues in the recent past. Factors like drought and

climate change mean that as a country, we have to explore alternative options of ensuring that Kenyans do not suffer from lack of access to basic food commodities.

𝐁𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐀𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐊𝐄𝐍𝐘𝐀, 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐀𝐃 𝐇𝐎𝐂 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐄 𝐃𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐈𝐋 𝐎𝐅 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐃

The Senate Ad Hoc Committee that’s pushing for compensation to the Kenyan victims of the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombing has directed the National Council of Persons with Disabilities to be proactive in registering all the people with disabilities in the country so that Kenya can have an updated database. 

This comes after the Executive Director of the Council, Mr. Harun Hassan, informed the Honorable Senators that only a handful of the terror attack victims are registered with the Council making them lose out on the benefits that registered members are entitled to. 

𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐒 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐃𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐅 𝐀𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐀𝐃𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐒 𝐂𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐄𝐃 𝐁𝐘 𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄

Parliamentarians in Africa have been urged to come up with legal frameworks that will aid in addressing challenges emanating from Climate Change.

Speaking during a Parliamentary Dialogue in the African Climate Summit in Parliament Buildings, Nyandarua County Senator John Methu appealed to the Lawmakers across the continent to help deal with negative impacts of Climate Change through legislation of relevant laws.

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