{"id":11968,"date":"2020-07-29T18:05:01","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T18:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=11968"},"modified":"2020-07-29T18:05:01","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T18:05:01","slug":"nominated-senator-kasanga-replaces-sakaja-in-senate-covid-19-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/nominated-senator-kasanga-replaces-sakaja-in-senate-covid-19-committee","title":{"rendered":"Nominated Senator Kasanga replaces Sakaja in Senate Covid-19 committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja has been replaced by Nominated Senator Sylvia Kasanga as the chair of the Senate Ad hoc committee on Covid-19 situation in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Kasanga who has previously served in the committee in a vice chair capacity will now take charge of the functions mandated to the committee in response to the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>On July 20, Sakaja resigned as the Chairperson of Senate Ad hoc Committee and apologised for breaching Covid-19 containment rules and was arrested on a Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>The senator said he had decided to take responsibility and urged Kenyans to follow the government&#8217;s directives on curbing the spread of Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI take full responsibility for having flouted Covid-19 rules on Friday. I was outside my home after 9 pm and that is against the [Covid-19 containment] rules.<\/p>\n<p>It is regrettable but all of us make mistakes,\u201d he told reporters\u00a0On Tuesday, Majority Whip of the house Irungu Kangata , approved Bomet Senator Christopher Langat to replace Sakaja in the committee as a member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Kenya: Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja has been replaced by Nominated Senator Sylvia Kasanga as the chair of the Senate Ad hoc committee on Covid-19 situation in the country. 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