Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has been put on the spot for snubbing parliamentary summons.
Members of Parliamentary have been irked by his conduct in office after he failed to appear before National Assembly Committee on Administration and National Security to respond to several questions on Tuesday.
The committee vice chairperson Mr John Waluke (Sirisia) has now given him the last chance to present himself for the session failure to which a push for his removal from office will be instigated against him.
Matiang’i had asked Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) Patrick Ole Ntutu to appear before the committee but he was turned away.
Waluke insisted that Matiang’i was expected to be present in person to shed more light on different aspects affecting his office.
Waluke said that he understands Matiang’i has a busy schedule but he is expected to spare some time so that he can appear before the panel.
“Go and tell the CS that we want him here physically on Tuesday next week. We know that he is a very slippery CS but he has no otherwise but to appear in person,” Mr Waluke ordered, as quoted by Daily Nation.
The directive came after National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi asked different committees to take action against government officials who fail to respond to summons.
The chairperson of the committee had lamented that that Matiang’i deliberately ignored a series of summons from members of parliament.