Nairobi County Senator, Edwin Sifuna has sought a Statement from the Senate Standing Committee on Labour and Social Welfare regarding the neglect of the families of the five freedom fighters who were imprisoned in Kapenguria together with the former President, the late Mzee Jomo Kenyatta during the fight for the country's independence.

A delegation from the Parliament of Kenya led by Sen. Kathuri Murungi, the Deputy Speaker of the Senate participated in the just concluded 63rd Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) Parliamentary Assembly and 43rd Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) - European Union (OACPS-EU) JointParliamentary Assembly (JPA), in Brussels, Belgium.