| Published Mon, February 19th 2018 at 13:19, Updated February 19th 2018 at 15:04 GMT +3Information, Communication and Technology Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru has, within 48 hours, skipped twice hearings of the Senate committee on ICT to explain the TV shutdown that followed the controversial Raila Odinga ‘oath’. However, On Friday February 16, Mucheru failed to honour the summons citing other work engagements. “My failure to appear before the Senate Committee on ICT was due to unforeseen exigencies of duty. This office regrets the apprehension that the communication on my unavailability elicited within the committee,” the letter read in part. It added, “In view of scheduled ministerial programmes, this office will be available to meet with the committee from February 26, 2018 onward”.

Source: Standard Digital February 19, 2018 10:26 UTC