Nakuru County Governor Susan Kihika is set to be arrested and presented before the Senate Standing Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations after lawmakers resolved to compel her attendance over an ongoing inquiry.
The decision was reached during a committee sitting held on Monday and chaired by Committee Chairperson Isiolo Senator Fatuma Dullo, who accused the governor of repeatedly ignoring invitations and a formal summons requiring her appearance before the Senate panel.
Dullo said Governor Kihika had failed to honour multiple requests to appear before the committee, forcing members to invoke measures provided in law to compel her attendance.
The governor is among key stakeholders expected to provide submissions during the committee’s consideration of a petition on alleged forced disappearances of young fishermen at Lake Nakuru National Park.
Despite being required to appear before the committee, Kihika has not attended any of the proceedings linked to the matter.
The committee also directed that fresh sampling and testing of fish from Lake Nakuru be conducted after petitioners rejected a report presented by the Kenya Fisheries Service.
The petitioners argued that the previous exercise was conducted unilaterally by the Kenya Fisheries Service and the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), contrary to earlier committee directions requiring participation of all relevant stakeholders.
Members ordered that the new testing exercise be carried out in the presence of committee representatives, petitioners and other stakeholders to ensure transparency and credibility of the findings.
The committee further resolved to summon officials from the Ministries of Tourism and Wildlife, Agriculture, and Interior to address key concerns arising from the petition before preparing a final report.
Meanwhile, the committee separately met Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi and Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi over concerns surrounding the degazettement of Capitol Hill Police Station.
During the meeting, Mudavadi defended the process, saying the degazettement and transfer of the land followed due procedure and was guided by Cabinet approval on subdivision.
Submissions before the committee indicated that beneficiaries of the subdivided land include the African Trade Insurance Agency, which was allocated two acres, Financial Sector Regulators, which received two acres, and St John Ambulance, which received one acre.
Mudavadi said the African Trade Insurance Agency plans to establish its headquarters on the site to strengthen investment insurance capacity across Africa, particularly in Kenya, which remains the agency’s largest shareholder.
He added that Financial Sector Regulators would use their allocation to develop a consolidated headquarters following Cabinet approval issued in 2023.
The allocation to St John Ambulance, he said, was in line with an earlier Cabinet decision made in 2021.
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