This archive report was first published on 5 December 2019.
On December 5, 2019, a Senate committee expressed outrage over the delayed justice for the victims of the Solai Dam tragedy, which occurred in May 2018.
The committee, led by Senator Samson Cherargei, accused the Director of Public Prosecutions and Interior CS Fred Matiang'i of ignoring a report by an ad hoc committee chaired by Makueni Senator Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.
The report highlighted the failure of government agencies to compensate families that lost their kin and the perpetrators who were walking freely.
Senator Cherargei stated, 'Some who had worked for eight years were dismissed after the tragedy without any allowances and are now languishing without a source of livelihood.'
The committee also questioned the whereabouts of Sh1 billion that the government released for the affected families through the Red Cross, but the money did not get to the beneficiaries.
Senator Susan Kihika expressed concern that instead of the DPP prosecuting the owner of the dam, victims were being frustrated.
'It is sad that no agency is doing what they are supposed to do, it is immoral to occupy public office and look the other way as people are suffering,' she said.
