Three Cabinet Secretaries, Kithure Kindiki, Zachariah Njeru, and Salim Mvurya are set to appear before the Senate tomorrow.
The three will face the house one at a time, in a session that runs from 9:30 am on Wednesday, April 26. They are scheduled to respond to questions from the Senators.
"The Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration Kithure Kindiki, Cabinet Secretary for Lands, Public Works, Housing & Urban Development Zachariah Njeru, and Cabinet Secretary for Mining, Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs Salim Mvurya will appear before the Senate pursuant to Standing Order 51A (5)," Senate has communicated to its members.
Interior CS Prof Kithure Kindiki is expected to respond to questions from Samburu Senator Dr. Lelegwe Ltumbesi on the state of security in Samburu West Constituency, in light of the deployment of the Kenya Defence Forces to support the ongoing security operation.
Kindiki is also expected to shed more light on the measures put in place by the Government to enhance security in Samburu County.
His counterpart in the Lands Ministry, Zachariah Njeru will respond to questions from Isiolo Senator Fatuma Dullo on the reasons for the disparity in compensation between residents of Nuno Modogashe and Isiolo affected by the Africa Gateway Project.
He will also be required to provide the criteria used in determining the compensation figures besides giving measures put in place by the Government to ensure equitable compensation to the affected residents in both areas in his response.
On the other hand, Mining CS Salim Mvurya is supposed to respond to the question by Nominating Senator Veronica Maina on the state of infrastructure put in place to facilitate the exploration of ocean renewable energy and the initiatives put in place by the Ministry to enhance the exploration of offshore gas and oil.
The former Governor will also be responding to the question by Senator Dullo on the rationale for the imposition of the existing moratorium on the issuance of mineral mining rights by the Government.
Additionally, Mvurya will respond to a question from Senator Maina on the extent of investment in terms of infrastructure by the government for the country to explore and benefit from aquatic products, marine, aquaculture, and blue biotechnology and also provide the number of Kenyan-owned fish vessels registered to operate in the Exclusive Economic Zone stating the measures put in place to enhance the participation of and investment by local fishermen in the Marine Exclusive Economic Zone.
The three will also respond to supplementary questions from the other Senators during the first session of their appearance before the Senate.
Kindiki was the first Cabinet Secretary to appear before the National Assembly after which Roads and Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen and Environment and Forestry Cabinet Secretary Soipan Tuya also appeared to answer questions raised by Members of the National Assembly.
