The dreams of Thika Municipality as the sixth city in the country now rests with the Senate after the task was given to the Senate Devolution Committee by Senate Speaker Amason Kingi.
Kingi informed the house that he had received communication from the Kiambu County Assembly approving the elevation after which he asked the committee chaired by Wajir Senator Mohamed Abass to expedite the consideration of the report.
Members of County Assembly in Kiambu had last month approved the elevation of Thika Town to a city taking into consideration the recommendation of the Assembly's sectoral committee on Planning and Urbanisation in its report which is now before the Senate. "I direct that the Senate Devolution Committee expedite the consideration of the conferment of city status of Thika Town and table the report for consideration before the Senate after the Kiambu County Assembly having approved the same," said Kingi.
Should the committee uphold the recommendation to confer a city status to Thika Municipality, and the report is adopted by the House, the Clerk of the Senate will then forward the resolution to President William Ruto for conferment of city status through the award of a Charter.
