Senators appeared irritated this afternoon after Transport Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir appeared to decline to provide controversial Adani Deal documents.
Chirchir who had appeared before the Roads and Transport Committee said that he couldn’t provide the documentation to show the details between the government and the Adabi Group that will see the group take over Jomo Kenyatta International Airport operations.
According to Chirchir, the Adani Group Deal with the Government is a matter before the court because the Ministry of Transport has been taken to court and there are two orders on the same.
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“I was advised by a technical team to seek your advice if we can continue with this matter while we have been served by court orders on this matter,”the CS said noting that he would be breaking the subjudice rule.
However, Senators who are members of the committee appeared irritated by this response, claiming that he was trying to run away from giving the necessary information considering the public interest in the deal had raised.
“How is it possible that even today as you walked in, you don’t have any documents to provide to the Senate? Are you saying that there is a court order preventing you from providing the documents to the Senate?” Sifuna posed.
The CS also confirmed that there is a privately initiated investment proposal request by Adani Group to develop, operate and transfer JKIA under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) Act but will provide further information later.
“I want to know why two months later I still don’t have this information. Let them explain to us why we don’t have those documents until now, do we need a helicopter to bring those documents?” another Senator, Chute remarked.
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Chirchir however said that the Ministry and the government were ready to provide documents of Adani deal but will need more time to finalise the documents before they present them to the committee.
“We will be able to provide the documentation, it’s a lot of information but I would have expected that members would empathise and say take a day and submit all the documents. It would have been better if you gave us time to Monday or Tuesday because it’s a weighty issue.”