Members of the National Assembly are now urging Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), as well as State parastatals responsible for implementing Government road and water projects, to ensure that land availability and compensation for owners are secured before signing any contracts.

This call comes as a result of numerous complaints about the Government's loss of public resources due to contractors charging penalties for idle time during the period they are unable to access designated project sites for road and water infrastructure development.

Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Hon. Gladys Boss led the Kenyan Delegation attending the 18th Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth (CSPOC) African Region held in Yaounde, Cameroon.

The 18th Conference of Speakers and presiding officers of the Commonwealth African Region of 2023 was officially opened by the Prime Minister of Cameroon Mr. Joseph Ngute on behalf of the President His Excellency President Paul Biya.

The Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning chaired by Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo) held a meeting with two Members of Parliament who have sponsored two of the nine legislative proposals currently under consideration by the Committee.

First to appear before the Committee was Hon. Yusuf Farah (Wajir West) who is proposing to amend the Banking Act to empower the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) to make a regulatory framework for Islamic Banking.

The National Government owes constituency NG-CDF Boards across the country a total of over Kshs.600 million. This was revealed in a report by the National Government Constituencies Development Fund Board on status of receipts and disbursement as at July 7th 2023.

These monies have not been disbursed to the Constituency NG-CDF Boards from the Financial Year 2015/2016 to 2021/2022.

According to the report, 32 constituencies have not received their allocations amounting to Kshs.299,222,913.

The National Assembly Departmental Committee on Education led by the Vice Chairperson Hon. Malulu Injendi (Malava), engaged in a consultative meeting with representatives from Yamaha Corporation.

The delegation from the Japanese firm, headed by Mr. Tamezawa Hiroshi, provided a comprehensive briefing to the team regarding Yamaha's School Project. 

This initiative aims to support learners across the country by providing them with musical instruments such as keyboards, pianica and recorders.