Adan Keynan, Kimani Ichungwa re-elected PIC chairman and deputy

Eldas MP Adan Keynan (ODM) was re-elected chairman of the Parliamentary Public Investments Committee following a unanimous endorsement.

Kikuyu MP Kimani Ichung'wa, of The National Alliance, also

retained his vice chairman

position as he had no challenger in the vote.

The committee on Thursday conducted elections for its officials for the last lap of the 11th Parliament in line with parliamentary standing orders.

In an address after the elections, Keynan put state corporations on notice over irregular spending

in the 18 months before the 2017 general election.

He warned parastatal chiefs that the committee will scale up vigilance to ensure accountability in the spending of public funds.

“This committee will go out of its way to uphold the expected threshold of accountability in the use of public resources during this electioneering period,” he said.

The MP warned

that people target government investments to loot money for campaigns as election day approaches.

“This committee has been able to churn out high quality reports like no other committee. We will maintain the momentum to ease backlog by working as a team,” he underlined.

Ichung’wa said the committee will ensure that it puts accounting officers on their toes to streamline investments and spending, in the spirit of the constitution.

“We all know corruption glares in run-ups to elections. We are telling accounting officers that we are going to be on the look-out,” he said.

The two asked committee members to put aside their political differences and concentrate on ensuring Kenyans get value for every shilling spent or invested by state agencies and corporations.