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𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐄 𝐎𝐍 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐍 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒

The National Assembly Select Committee on Implementation chaired  by Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi) engaged the Ministry of Lands and the National Land Commission on failure to implement Parliament’s recommendations. 

The Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Lands Hon. Nixon Korir appeared before the Committee, alongside the Chairperson of the National Lands Commision Mr. Gershom Ottachi. 

𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐆𝐘 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐄 𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐔𝐍𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐂𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐏𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐑 𝐏𝐔𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐒𝐄 𝐀𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒

The National Assembly Departmental Committee on Energy chaired by Hon. Vincent Musyoka (Mwala) has disapproved of the punitive Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) signed by Kenya Power Company (KPC) and Independent Power Producers (IPPs).

During a meeting with the KPC and IPPs Hon. Musyoka said Kenyan cannot continue paying expensive power when affordable power is available "We can't get into other Take or Pay agreements. This Committee will not allow the purchase of expensive power from some IPPs when we have affordable power," said Hon. Musyoka.

𝐊𝐈𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐋𝐈 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐘𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐀𝐂𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐂𝐔𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐘𝐄𝐄𝐒 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐔𝐍𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐅𝐄𝐑𝐒

The National Assembly Committee on Labour, chaired by Hon. Erick Muchangi (Runyenjes), met with Hon. Didmus Barasa (Kimilili) to discuss the Employment (Amendment) Bill 2023. 

The Bill seeks to grant employees six months' written notice before a transfer or the option of receiving one month's wage as notice pay. It also aims to provide reasons for the transfer, seek the employee's consent, and support the employee's relocation, unless the transfer was requested by the employee.

𝐋𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐂𝐀𝐁𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐓 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐒 𝐁𝐄𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄

The Cabinet Secretary for Labour and Social Protection Hon. Florence Bore apologized to the National Assembly for failing to appear before it to answer Questions. CS Bore was appearing for the first time since the House reprimanded her for failing to show up during a previous invitation.

While explaining herself, Hon. Bore informed the House that in future she would render her apologies in good time whenever she is not able to honour an invitation. 

𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐁𝐄𝐒 𝐋𝐈𝐐𝐔𝐎𝐑 𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐔𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐌 𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐀𝐗 𝐀𝐁𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐎𝐍𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓

The National Assembly Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning chaired by Hon. Kimani Kuria met the management of a liquor manufacturing firm  over a Kshs. 332 million tax abandonment granted by the National Treasury in 2021.

𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐁𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐄 𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐎𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐁𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒

The House Business Committee (HBC) has taken steps to address the backlog of  business pending consideration before the House. 

The National Assembly Speaker, Rt. Hon (Dr.) Moses Wetang’ula, who chairs the Committee, said his panel has decided to allocate time specifically for the consideration of individual members' Bills on Wednesday afternoons. 

Speaker Wetang’ula said that the HBC is willing to seek the approval of the House to hold morning sittings on Thursdays or extended sittings to create more time for business. 

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