The Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Budget chaired by Mandera Senator Ali Roba Ibrahim met today to consider the Prompt Payment Bill and consider statements responses on Predatory Asset Based Lenders, Austerity Measures Imposed by IMF, and Alleged Kshs.1.3 Billion Fine for Defaulting SGR Loan.

The Prompt Payment Bill seeks to put in place a legal framework to facilitate prompt payment for the supply of goods, works and services procured by government entities both at National and County Level. 

The County Public Accounts Committee of the Senate has directed the Governor of Tharaka Nithi County Muthomi Njuki to take administrative action against his revenue collection officers..

The Committee issued the directive when the governor appeared before it to defend the County's revenue and expenditure account for the 2019/20 financial year.

The committee was forced to issue the directive after it emerged that most of the own source revenue collected by the County Revenue officers is never banked in the County Revenue Fund as required by the law.