Kenyan leaders are known to always stand their ground even when they are accused of various atrocities.
The Ruaraka land scandal was one of those scandals that hit the Country real hard and got a lot of media coverage.
A Senate committee was therefore set up to try and get to the bottom of the whole matter. The committee would later see it’s report suffer defeat when it was tabled in the plenary.
The senate committee tasked with conducting the probe has now admitted it failed Kenyans in the manner in which it managed the Sh1.5 billion scandal.
The Public Accounts and Investments Committee members blamed themselves for the defeat the report suffered when it was tabled in the plenary. The report implicated Interior CS Fred Matiang’i and Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang’.
However, some members staged a quorum hitch by staying away from the House when the matter was brought to a vote amid allegations of bribery.
Yesterday, the legislators reignited the debate promising to do more in oversight of funds allocated to the 47 devolved units. The senators retained Homa Bay Senator Moses Kajwang’ and his Meru counterpart Mithika Linturi as CPAIC chairman and vice chairman respectively.
Narok’s Ledama ole Kina said the report was an embarrassment to the House and further implored on members to faithfully attend committee sessions. “Let us show that we care.”