The Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Budget held a meeting with Senators this Tuesday where members deliberated on the 2024 Budget Policy Statement (BPS), Medium Term Debt Management Strategy (MTDMS) and the Medium Term Revenue Strategy (MTRS). 

The meeting chaired by Mandera County Senator Ali Roba saw the lawmakers briefed on the budget documents ahead of consideration by specific committees.

The Budget Policy Statement states the criteria that will be used to allocate available public resources between the National and County Governments. 

Today, the Senate Committee on County Public Investments and Special Funds, chaired by Vihiga Senator Godfrey Osotsi, convened with Tana River County Governor Godhana Dhadho. The focus of the meeting was to scrutinize the Reports of the Auditor-General concerning the financial statements of three funds spanning the years from 2020 to 2022: the Tana River Emergency Fund, the Tana River County Ward Bursary Fund, and the Tana River Disaster Risk Management Fund.

The Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Budget held a meeting this Monday where members deliberated on the 2024 Budget Policy Statement (BPS), Medium Term Debt Management Strategy (MTDMS) and the Medium Term Revenue Strategy (MTRS).

During the meeting, committee members held a robust discussion on submissions by the Parliamentary Budget Office on Budget Policy Statement, Medium Term Debt Management Strategy and the Medium Term Revenue Strategy.

Over the weekend, the Senate Committee on County Public Investments and Special Fund Committee, led by Vihiga Senator Godfrey Osotsi, partnered with the Council of Governors Committee on Water, Forestry, and Natural Resources Management (Taita Taveta Governor Andrew Mwadime) for a two-day Water Multi-Stakeholder Forum in Mombasa County. The forum aimed to address crucial issues in water management and governance.

Speaker of the National Assembly and Chairman of Parliamentary Service Commission, Right Honorable Sen. (Dr.) Moses Masika Wetang'ula, E.G.H, MP hosted the fifth and sixth Parliamentary Service Commissioners for a gala Dinner in Naivasha.

The gala dinner was  a culmination of a successful two-days retreat for the Parliamentary Service Commission.

The retreat brought together the members of the fifth and sixth Parliamentary Service Commission where the Exit Report of the fifth Commission was presented and adopted.

SPEAKER ADDRESSES ASSECAA CONFERENCE IN MOROCCO

Speaker of the Senate Amason Jeffah Kingi today addressed a session of the Parliamentary Conference on South-South Cooperation in Rabat, Morocco on the role of parliaments in Conflict Resolution and Climate Change mitigation, as a way of creating and enhancing opportunities for sustainable development in Southern hemisphere countries..