Kakamega senator Bonny Khalwale has defended the Senate Public and Investment Accounts Committee against claims that it is being used to intimidate governors over audit queries.
Khalwale stated that the claims being speculated are baseless.
Speaking on Citizen TV on Sunday, Khalwale said that the committee mandate is to question governors on audit queries and not to intimidate them.
He added that those spreading the speculations have a malicious agenda against the committee.
“It is ridiculous for some governors to claim that the Senate Accounts committee is intimidating them,” he said.
The senator also dismissed claims that the committee is bribed by some governors to favour them while answering audit queries.
Khalwale affirmed that governors have no option but to appear before the committee to answer to audit queries.
Several governors among them Meru’s Peter Munya, Vihiga’s Moses Akaranga and Kisumu’s Jack Ranguma have snubbed the committee summons in the recent past.
Last week the committee threatened to have governor Munya brought before it in handcuffs after snubbing summons three times.
Some governors have been accusing the Professor Anyang’ Nyong’o led committee of allegedly being used to intimidate them in the name of audit querying.