NAIROBI, Kenya Oct 18 – Senators on Tuesday voted for Chairpersons and their Vice who will serve in various Committees of the House.
Committees elected Senators who will serve as their Chairpersons and their Vice in the 13th Parliament.
Kirinyaga Senator Kamua Murango is the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, and Fisheries. His deputy is his Embu counterpart Alexander Mundigi.
Wajir Senator Abass Sheikh bagged the Chairmanship of the Standing Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations.
Nominated Senator Soipan Tuya will deputize Senator Sheikh.
President William Ruto nominated Senator Tuya as the Environment Cabinet Secretary nominee.
If approved by the National Assembly Committee on Appointments, the Senate will have to find her replacement.
In other elections, Muranga Senator Joseph Nyutu Ngugi is the new Chairperson for the Standing Committee on Education.
Nominated Senator Peris Tobiko is the committee’s Vice Chair.
Nyeri Senator Wamatinga Wahome is the Chairman of the Standing Committee on Energy with nominated Senator Veronicah Maina elected as the Vice Chair.
Uasin Gishu Senator Jackson Mandago is the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Health. Nominated Senator Mariam Omar Sheikh is the Vice Chair.
“As a committee, we must take our mandate seriously so that the role of counties in the provision of quality healthcare is well articulated,” Mandago said.
Mandera Senator Ali Roba will also chair the powerful Standing Committee on Finance and Budget. Nominated Senator Tabitha Mutinda is the Vice Chair.
Tranz Nzoia Senator Allan Chesang is the new Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Information Communication and Technology. Nominated Senator Gloria Orwoba is the Vice Chair.
Bomet Senator Hillary Sigei is the new Chair of the Justice, Legal, and Human Rights Committee. Nominated Senator Raphael Chimera is the Vice.
West Pokot Senator Recha Julius will chair the Committee on Labor and Social Welfare. Nominated Senator John Mungai is the Vice Chair of the Committee.
Other committees will hold their elections in the coming days.
The Senate comprises twenty committees that all handle different issues.
The Committees are most importantly crucial in aiding the House in the working processes of the Legislatures.
That is to state that they are agents, which enable Legislatures to organize their work in such a way as to perform numerous activities simultaneously and expeditiously.
The committees in addition also act as a means of establishing institutional leadership and visibility in the public arena.
