Members of the National Assembly have asked the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) to develop and legislate laws that will facilitate the Africa Free Trade Zone to enable the African continent to trade internally without going out of Africa.

According to the lawmakers, a Free Trade Zone is one of the many tools that African countries could use to spur growth. 

The National Assembly  Deputy Speaker, Hon. Gladys Boss, attended the  International Parliamentarians Panel for Freedom of Religion, or Belief (IPPFoRB) Conference in Nairobi.

The Conference whose overarching theme is “Leave No One Behind” is used to promote freedom of religion or belief in the advancement of human flourishing and just societies and is the central transformative promise of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). 

The National Assembly has given its support to a Bill aimed at regulating overseas medical referrals to prevent the abuse and exploitation of patients.

The Health (Amendment) Bill seeks to amend current health laws and obligate the Ministry of Health to develop policies that guide the referral of patients from one facility to another.

The National Assembly Public Investments Committee on Commercial Affairs and Energy (PIC CA&E) has invited the Office of the Solicitor General to a meeting to shed light on the delayed winding up of the Kenya Schools of Monetary Studies.

The Committee Chair Hon. David Pkosing (Pokot South) issued the directive when Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Governor Dr. Patrick Njoroge appeared before Members to respond to queries raised by the Auditor General on CBK's audited accounts for 2018/2019 to 2020/2021 Financial Years.

The Senate Standing Committee on Labour and Social Welfare led by Sen. Miraj Abdullahi held a meeting 

today with the Governor of Vihiga County to receive his response on a Statement sought by Vihiga County Senator Godfrey Osotsi on Human Resource Audit Process in Vihiga County.

Senate had requested the Governor to;

1. Provide reasons for the inordinate delay in finalizing an Audit process on Salaries for both employees on manual and Integrated Payroll and Personnel Database (IPPD) payrolls particularly for the month of September 2021

The Senate Standing Committee on Trade, Industrialization and Tourism Chaired by Kajiado Senator Lenku Ole Kanar Seki held a meeting today to consider pre-publication scrutiny of the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood) Bill, 2023. 

Sponsored by Sen. Esther Okenyuri, the Bill seeks to achieve the following objectives by providing a standard framework for-

1. Entrenching the right to informal trading;regulation of informal trading including areas for the conduct of such trade and licensing by counties.