The committee has also denied being used as a pawn by competing interests unhappy with award of the surveillance tender to Safaricom.
“We are only out to protect the interests of Kenyans,” Kamama said.
On June 5 the committee had committed to concluding their probe within 10 days in light of the security challenges the country is facing.
“These court cases that have taken like two years have actually prevented this contract from being implemented and we don’t want this situation to prevail for long. You all know that we need to address the issue of terrorism so that we can get tourists coming to our country but even if we have that urgency, everything must be above board,” Kamama held.
Under the deal, Nairobi and Mombasa will be the first two beneficiaries of the surveillance contract.
The contract requires Safaricom to install hundreds of CCTV cameras, bring in the latest technology, including facial recognition software, create a national command and control centre and link nearly 200 police stations.
“The state of the art system comes with video surveillance, digital radios that would replace the walkie-talkies currently used by police, a video conferencing system, central command for the communication system and a mapping system,” the Presidential Strategic Communication’s Unit stated.
Among the questions the committee wants answered however include the true cost of the project and how it will be paid.
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