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𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐄 𝐎𝐍 𝐋𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐒𝐎𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐖𝐄𝐋𝐅𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐌𝐄𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐅𝐑𝐀𝐔𝐃 𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐑𝐔𝐈𝐓𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐀𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐘.

The senate committee on labour and social welfare today held a meeting with petitioners and the director of First choice recruitment agency who had been summoned to give an update on whether they have reimbursed the more than 500 youths whose money had been allegedly obtained to facilitate them with jobs and studies placement abroad before the start of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐔𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐄 𝐃𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆

The Senate has voted to approve the National Dialogue Committee.

During the Special Sitting held on Tuesday, Senators unanimously voted to approve the National Dialogue Committee consisting of 10 members to represent the Kenya Kwanza Alliance (“Kenya Kwanza”), a coalition constituting the Majority Party of the Parliament of the Republic of Kenya and Azimio La Umoja One Kenya Coalition Party (“Azimio”), a coalition forming the Minority Party of the Parliament of the Republic of Kenya.

𝐏𝐈𝐂 𝐎𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐅𝐅𝐀𝐈𝐑𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐆𝐘 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐁𝐄𝐒 𝐊𝐄𝐍𝐘𝐀 𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐔𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐀𝐔𝐃𝐈𝐓 𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒

The National Assembly Public Investments Committee on Commercial Affairs and Energy chaired by Hon. David Pkosing (Pokot South) has asked the Office of the Auditor General (OAG) to make public cumulative amounts of public funds which could have been lost over irregular payment of overtime allowances at the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) in the 2019/2020 Financial year.

𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐄 𝐎𝐍 𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐑𝐍 𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐀𝐆𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐄𝐂𝐇𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐅𝐅 𝐀𝐓 𝐃𝐄𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐏𝐔𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐂 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊𝐒

A shortage of technical staff is posing a challenge for the State Department for Public Works, the National Assembly Departmental Committee on Housing, Urban Planning, and Public Works chaired by Hon. Johana Ngeno (Emurua Dikirr) has been told.

The Principal Secretary, Mr. Joel Arumonyang, who appeared before the Committee to shed light on affordable housing projects in the country , told Members that the scarcity of technical personnel has created challenges in fulfilling the department's responsibilities.

𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐁𝐔𝐃𝐆𝐄𝐓 𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐔𝐒𝐒 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐅𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐒𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘

The forum for the African Network of Parliamentary Budget Offices has called for strategic planning of fiscal structures as a means to restore sustainability as world economies continue to be hit by uncertainties.

 Cognizant that many countries have seen a decline in the state of public finances over the past few years as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and economic instabilities, the forum elected to focus on practical strategies for managing public debt and fiscal sustainability in times of uncertainty.

𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐄 𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐆𝐔𝐓𝐇𝐔𝐑𝐀𝐈 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐊𝐄𝐓 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐒𝐓

The National Assembly Departmental Committee has expressed reservations regarding a decision made by the State Department of Housing and Urban Development to adjust the construction cost of the new Githurai market in Kiambu by close to Kshs.200 million.

The Committee on Housing, Urban Planning, and Public Works, Chaired by Hon. Johana Ngeno (Emurua Dikirr), held discussions with Housing and Urban Development Principal Secretary, Mr. Charles Hinga where they sought explanation for the alteration of the project cost from the initial Sh827.170 million to Kshs1.026 billion.

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