The Senate Deputy Speaker and Chairperson, Senate Liaison Committee, Senator Kathuri Murungi has urged Governors to prudently utilise funds recently allocated to counties.

The Deputy Speaker said the Senate played a crucial role in ensuring that counties received Kshs 400.1 billion up from Kshs 385 billion for the 2024/25 financial year, which he noted, was the highest amount of shareable revenue since the advent of devolution.

The Public Debt and Privatization Committee met with the Principal Secretary, National Treasury, Mr. Chris Kiptoo to review the Budget Estimates for the FY 2024/2025 and Supplementary II estimates FY 2023/2024.

The Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Cooperatives has resolved to engage the Ministry of Trade, Investments and Industry and other key stakeholders in the edible oils sub-sector in an effort to address the escalating prices of cooking oil.

This decision was arrived at by the Committee during a meeting with a group of edible oil manufacturers in the country. The said meeting was chaired by Vice-Chairperson, Hon. Marianne Kitany (Aldai).

The Departmental Committee on Housing, Urban Planning and Public Works conducted an inspection visit of Shimo la Tewa Housing Project on Wednesday, May 29, 2024 where it noted notable progress.

The Departmental Committee on Education chaired by Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet), has called on the Budget and Appropriations Committee to consider proposing the reinstatement of the Kshs.4.9 billion for School Feeding Programme, which was not factored in, in the FY 2024/25 Budget Estimates.