{"id":1014508,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1014508/?format=json","text_counter":26,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. (Arch) Kasanga","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Madam Deputy Speaker, I beg to give Notice of the following of Motion- THAT AWARE, that at its Sitting held on Tuesday, 31st March, 2020, the Senate by resolution established the Ad hoc Committee on COVID-19 Situation with the mandate to oversight actions and measures taken by national and county governments in addressing the spread and effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya; APPRECIATING, that the mandate of the Select Committee is due to lapse on Wednesday, 30th September, 2020; ACKNOWLEDGING, that the Committee has undertaken a tremendous amount of work in its execution of its mandate and has regularly tabled in the Senate progress reports of its work; AWARE THAT, the Committee directed the Auditor General to undertake a special audit on the utilization of funds allocated to and appropriated by the 47 county governments in responding to the COVID- 19 pandemic and that the report thereon once received will require to be considered by the Committee; NOTING THAT, the COVID-19 situation in the country continues to evolve; NOW THEREFORE, the Senate resolves to renew the mandate of the Ad hoc Committee on COVID-19 situation in Kenya by a further period not exceeding 30 days of this resolution to enable the Committee continue to monitor and oversight the evolving COVID-19 situation in the country and to table its final report in the Senate."}