Three Cabinet Secretaries and several Principal Secretaries appeared before the Senate Committee on Labour and Social Welfare, chaired by Sen Julius Murgor (West Pokot), to discuss the 2025 Budget Policy Statement (BPS) and the Medium-Term Debt Management Strategy, warning that budgetary constraints could significantly impact key government programmes.

The Controller of Budget, FCPA Dr. Margaret Nyakang’o has recommended that the National Treasury should adopt prudent strategies focused on debt management and revenue collection reforms to prevent more profound financial instability.

Legislators have rallied behind the National Police Service Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2024, which seeks to improve the mental wellness of police officers through the establishment of psychosocial support centers. 

Do you have any views on the 2025 Budget Policy Statement and the 2025 Medium Term Debt Management Strategy? 

Submit your written memoranda to the Clerk of the Senate on or before Wednesday 5th March, 2025 at 5.00 p.m.

What are your views on The Public Finance Management (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill, The Public Finance Management (Amendment) (No. 4) Bill, and The Public Procurement and Asset Disposal (Amendment) Bill? 

Submit your memoranda to the Clerk of the Senate on or before Thursday, 13th March 2025 at 5:00 p.m.

Kenya’s political leadership came together on Thursday to pay tribute to the late Sen. William Cheptumo, remembering him as a statesman whose humility, wisdom and unwavering commitment to public service left an indelible mark on the nation.

At a funeral service held at AIC Milimani in Nairobi, Speaker of the Senate, Rt. Hon. Amason Kingi led the tributes, describing the late legislator as a calm voice in the storm of politics, a man whose convictions were guided not by personal ambition but by a deep sense of duty.