Renewal of mandate of Ad Hoc Committee on Shakahola religious organizations

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THAT, AWARE that at the sitting of the Senate held on Thursday, 27th April 2023, the Senate, by resolution, established an Ad Hoc Committee to investigate the proliferation of religious organizations and the circumstances leading to the deaths of more than 95 people in Shakahola, Kilifi county; APPRECIATING that the mandate of the Select Committee is lapsed on Wednesday, 26th July, 2023; ACKNOWLEDGING that the Committee had undertaken tremendous amount of work in the execution of its mandate; NOTING that the events of the Shakahola in the country continues to evolve with the discovery of more bodies in the Shakahola mass graves, and that the Committee is yet to visit the new grave sites; NOW THEREFORE, the Senate resolves to renew the mandate of the Ad Hoc Committee by a further period not exceeding 30 days of this resolution, and to table its final report in the Senate on or before 5th September, 2023.