Ministry of Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe failed to show up for a meeting with the Senate Ad-Hoc Committee on COVID-19 which led to the meeting being aborted.
The meeting that took place on Tuesday, April 14 via video conference was rescheduled to a later date with the Senate committee insisting on the presence of Kagwe.
Kagwe was represented by a team from the ministry, a situation that the seven-member ad hoc committee was not comfortable with.
Chairman of the Senate ad-hoc committee, Sakaja revealed that the committee wanted answers from the Cabinet Secretary.
"The agenda is simple, it's meeting with the cabinet secretary for health and the chairperson of the National response committee.
"When we look at this issue, we broke it into five thematic areas which include economic and finance issues, food and water, social justice, public order and other auxiliary issues that would need the answer from the response committee."
The Ministry of Health top brass officials did not have written responses signed by Kagwe which led to the meeting failing to kick off.
The ad-hoc committee was formed on Tuesday, March 31 to support the ongoing war against Covid-19, oversight on national and county government interventions, propose monetary and fiscal measures and ensure a quick return to normalcy.
This comes at a time when the Senate committee is expected to table a pandemic response and management bill in the Senate.
The bill is seeking the establishment of County Covid-19 pandemic response committees that will implement strategies and measures as directed by the national committee.
The bill also proposes the establishment of a pandemic response fund to mobilize resources towards containing the spread and impact of the disease.
