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𝐀𝐆𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐔𝐋𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐒 𝐌𝐄𝐄𝐓 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐀𝐒 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐙𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐎𝐖𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝐒𝐔𝐆𝐀𝐑 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐒 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐄

Two Parliamentary Committees have held  week-long stakeholder engagement to receive submissions regarding the revival and commercialization of State-Owned Sugar Companies.

This follows a directive from the Speaker of the National Assembly, Hon. Dr. Moses Wetang'ula and a proposal by the Leader of the Majority Party, Hon. Kimani Ichung’wa, MGH, MP on the National Treasury Memorandum on Action Plans to Revive and Commercialize the State-Owned Sugar Companies, which was tabled in the House on August 22, 2023.

𝐁𝐔𝐃𝐆𝐄𝐓 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐂𝐋𝐔𝐃𝐄𝐒 𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐀𝐆𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐎𝐍 𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐒𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐀𝐋𝐒

The National Assembly Budget & Appropriations Committee chaired by Hon. Ndindi Nyoro (Kiharu) has concluded a week-long engagement with Members who made proposals to amend various existings laws.  

Amongst the Bills considered by the Committee include;  Legal Education (Amendment) Bill, 2023 by Hon. Babu Owino (Embakasi East), the Horticultural Crops Bill, 2023 by Hon. Sabina Chege (Nominated), and the National Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill, 2023 by Hon. Faith Gitau (Nyandarua). 

𝐏𝐔𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐂 𝐃𝐄𝐁𝐓 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐙𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐄 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐅𝐄𝐃 𝐎𝐍 𝐋𝐎𝐀𝐍𝐒 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐁𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐄𝐃 𝐁𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓

The Public Debt and Privatization Committee led by the Vice-Chairperson Hon. Makali Mulu (Kitui Central), met with officials from the Office of the Auditor-General, to be briefed on loans disbursed by the Government and commitment fees.

𝐀𝐃 𝐇𝐎𝐂 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐈𝐍𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐑𝐘 𝐎𝐍 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃𝐂𝐎𝐈𝐍 𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐂𝐀𝐁𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐓 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐈𝐂𝐓 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐃𝐈𝐆𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐋 𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐎𝐌𝐘

The National Assembly’s Ad-hoc Committee of Inquiry chaired by Hon. Gabriel Tongoyo (Narok West) met with the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for Information, Communication and the Digital Economy Mr. Eliud Owalo.

The legislators sought to know among others; the Ministry’s level of awareness of the data harvesting activities, as well as any legal and regulatory frameworks that should have been observed to avert this.

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