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Embakasi gas explosion: CS Chirchir snubs Senate committee again

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Police officer keep guard at Mradi gas explosion site in Embakasi on February 06, 2024. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

Party politics played out during the Senate Energy Committee when Energy Cabinet Secretary Davies Chirchir failed to appear for the second time to answer questions over the Embakasi gas explosion.

On Thursday, some opposition senators accused the Committee Chairman Wahome Wamatinga of being lenient on Chirchir.

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