During the Monday Senate proceeding, Senator Yusuf Haji told the senate that Interior Cabinet Secretary Dr. Fred Matiang’i and his colleagues in the Executive refused to appear before the House stating that they were on leave.
“They’ve sent an SMS and one of the officers at the office of the CS did inform us that the CS is on 10-day leave which was given by the President, therefore he was not available,” Yusuf said.
“And by extension, the PS, the IG, and the DCI cannot come without being accompanied by the minister. Therefore the committee decided to report accordingly. Mr. Speaker, you can give us further direction.”
The senator wanted to know why their colleagues, Steve Lelegwe (Samburu), Christopher Langat (Bomet), and Cleophas Malala (Kakamega) were arrested on Monday before they could appear to take a vote on the revenue sharing formula.
On that note, Makueni Senator Mutula Kilonzo asked the speaker to be strict further saying the issue was contemptuous.
“We will not live on our knees. If you direct that we proceed there will be chaos. We cannot proceed when senators are being taken across the country on the highway,” he said.
“This is not a laughing matter. We must speak as a Senate. Enforce your direction, my speaker. You are not an inferior person to the CS.”
In a rejoinder, Karake Nithi Senator Kithure Kindiki said the report issued by the security committee was extremely underwhelming.
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“The Parliament of Kenya must face the Executive head-on. The Parliament must face the Judiciary head-on. There’s no way we are going to entertain any arm of government to run this institution, we will not allow it.”
Speaker ken Lusaka, however, aked the Senate Security committee to summon Dr. Fred Matiang’i, police boss and Inspector General Hillary Mutyambai, and other relevant government officials by Wednesday over the arrest of the three senators.
“…the committee should summon them by Wednesday,” Lusaka said.
