Written By John Mutiso 📝
The Senate has fined Police Inspector General Hillary Mutyambai Ksh500,000 for ignoring its invitations and summons.
Mutyambai has snubbed the summons to appear before the Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations committee three times attracting the wrath of the senators.
The IG was expected to explain evictions of tenants from houses in Pumwani and Eastleigh, an exercise that was allegedly presided over by the police and NMS officers.
“We are not going to stop at the fine. The Inspector-General Hillary Mutyambai must appear before this committee,” the committee chairman Homabay Senator Moses Kajwang said.
The Parliamentary Powers and Privileges committee allows a house committee to fine or order an arrest of a witness who fails to honor summons.
Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen insisted that the Inspector General must appear before the Committee and prove that the National Police Service was not involved in the illegal evictions.
“We want to have evidence that the money will come from his personal account and not public coffers,” Murkomen said.
Earlier, NMS boss Mohammed Badi on Wednesday skipped a meeting with the committee for the third time, triggering a fierce reaction from the senators.
Badi who had been invited alongside Governor Anne Kananu and Mutyambai to appear before the committee to explain the alleged evictions sent a letter to the panel indicating that he is sick and had been admitted to Karen hospital.
The devolution committee members who visited the two sites are investigating the two instances of alleged land grabbing following a statement of intervention by Nominated Senator Millicent Omanga.
Senators promised to investigate the matter diligently and ensure justice is served to the affected residents.
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