National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula has revealed the amount Parliament will receive from insurance after it was damaged by protesters.
In a press conference, Wetangula said that property worth KSh 94 million was damaged during the incident.
Wetangula revealed the majority of the damages were from the breaking of furniture, digital equipment and a fire in part of the building.
The Speaker said they have insurance coverage and it will pay for the repairs.
“The damages caused as assessed by our insurer Ksh94 million. That is the damage we suffered. We had an insurance cover, so the company is taking steps,”
“Work has started to restore the damaged buildings, furniture and TVs,” Wetangula said.
A section of Citizen TV journalists have reportedly been banned from accessing certain areas within the parliament precincts.
In two separate statements by Royal Media journalists Seth Olale and Stephen Letoo, they both confirmed they were not allowed to access Parliament over their coverage of the raid where protesters attempted to confront MPs who had voted in favour of the Finance Bill 2024 on Tuesday, June 25.
Letoo intimated that the journalists had been termed as a security threat to MPs, and stated that he had confirmation that the proposal was allegedly supported by the Speaker of the National Assembly and the Chairperson of the Parliamentary Service Commission.
“So now Hon Wetangula, National Assembly Speaker and Parliamentary Service Commission Chair want to Kick out Journalists Covering Parliament from the Precints (Media Centre) on grounds we are a source of ‘insecurity to MPs’ following #OccupyParliament coverage!” read Letoo’s statement in part.
