If Senator Okiya Omtatah had simply been allowed to read the list of 93 documents he was attempting to table, the entire exercise would probably have taken between 10 and 15 minutes. Instead, the Senate subjected the public to a shambolic 36-minute back-and-forth, roughly broken down as follows: Sen. Omtatah, 13 minutes; Deputy Speaker Kathuri Murungi, 10 minutes; Sen. Cheruiyot, 5 minutes; Sen. Cherargei, 2 minutes; Sen. Sifuna, 2 minutes; Sen. Osotsi, 2 minutes; and Sen. Okech, 2 minutes. After all that, Omtatah was still not able to complete his substantiation.
On 17 June 2026, the Senate asked Senator Omtatah to substantiate his claims regarding what he described as unconstitutional budgeted looting and odious debt in Kenya’s public finances. When he began his presentation on 18 June 2026, there was no serious interruption UNTIL he compared the amount allegedly borrowed under President William Ruto with the amount borrowed under President Uhuru Kenyatta. From that point onwards, Senators Cherargei and Cheruiyot appeared to spring into action. Seemingly alarmed by the risk the documents posed to their "boss", the two senators, assisted by the Chair’s interventions, proceeded to interrupt, derail, and frustrate the presentation.
The spectacle was reminiscent of schoolchildren who, having failed to do their assignments, try to create distractions in class to avoid exposure. In total, the interventions by the Chair and the two senators consumed about 17 minutes; more than enough time for Omtatah to have read the list of the 93 documents he was trying to submit as evidence.
The whole farcical episode was dishonourable. Shame on the Senate. Such juvenile antics have no place in what is supposed to be an august House. It was quite disgraceful.
That is our opinion. Make of it what you will.
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Dennis Itumbi, Head of Presidential Special Projects in Kenya's State House, shared a photo on X claiming to show world leaders at the 2026 G7 Summit. It contains at least four verifiable red flags.
A fact-check🧵
This goes out to those that claim Sen Sifuna does not oversight the Governor of Nairobi. Today alone for example he attended the Finance Committee which he is not a member of where Senator Roba openly protected the Governor of Nairobi from answering questions in regards to pertinent issues raised by the public about the 6.92 Billion Loan Sakaja wants to take unlawfully!.
And since there was an agenda under AOB , Sen Sifuna had every right to question the governor!!
Hizi Mchezo za tauni tunazijua sana! Kazi ya Senate is to ask any and all questions to Governors who must always be prepared to answer them!
@HonAdenDuale The problem with this govt is blame games, pr and corruption instead of handling raised issues, if we kenyans complain about corruption its tribalism, just address the raised issues instead this theatrics that you are used to.