The National Assembly’s Committee on Public Debt and Privatisation has raised concerns over the impact of rising public debt and increased domestic borrowing on private-sector growth, with stakeholders warning that businesses are being squeezed out of the credit market.

The committee, chaired by Hon. Abdi Shurie (Mbalambala), made the remarks during the opening of a three-day Multisectoral Forum on Public Debt Management, organised in partnership with the National Democratic Institute (NDI).

The National Assembly has adopted a motion by Nyeri County MP, Hon. Rahab Mukami, seeking the introduction of mandatory guidance and counselling programmes in all primary and secondary schools in Kenya.

The motion highlights growing social, psychological and behavioural challenges among learners, including drug and substance abuse, indiscipline, school unrest and academic underperformance.

The National Assembly has adopted Sessional Paper No. 5 of 2026 on the National Energy Policy, 2025, providing a framework to guide the development of Kenya’s energy sector and strengthen its contribution to the country’s economic, environmental and social development.

The National Assembly has passed the Sports (Amendment) Bill, 2026, paving the way for tougher action against match-fixing and other forms of manipulation that threaten the integrity of Kenyan sport.

Sponsored by Hon. Irene Mayaka, the Bill seeks to amend the Sports Act, 2013, by introducing a clear legal framework for preventing, investigating and punishing manipulation of sporting competitions.

The Chairperson of the Kenya-Turkey Parliamentary Friendship Group, Hon. Dr. Adan Keynan has received a delegation of his counterparts from Turkey who are in the country on an official visit to the National Assembly.

The Turkish delegation, led by Hon. Ismail Gunes Usak, MP, paid a courtesy call on Hon. Keynan in his office at Parliament Buildings. They briefed him on the purpose of their visit to the August House and their engagements in Kenya.