Lands Cabinet Secretary Alice Wahome has been put on the spot for failing to appear before the Senate a record seven times with Senators threatening to fine her if she fails to appear on Thursday next week.
Wahome was set to appear before the Senate Lands Committee, chaired by Mombasa Senator Mohammed Faki, for the consideration of seven petitions and 28 statements that are before the committee on Thursday morning, but did not show up.
Faki informed Committee members that Wahome had written a letter to the committee stating that she is away in the United States of America on official duties requesting for the scheduling of the meeting to next week when she is around something that irked Senators.
Kirinyaga Senator Kamau Murango called on the committee to take stern action against Wahome since she had failed to honour summons to the committee and should be fined Sh500,000, which is recommended in the parliamentary standing orders for those who ignore invites. "I would request that we should not be lenient to the Lands Cabinet Secretary Alice Wahome since she has not taken the work of this committee seriously by failing to appear seven times, yet we have some very crucial business that is pending that needs to be discussed," said Murango.
