Members of the Diaspora Affairs and Migrant Workers Committee and their counterparts from the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations have called on the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Dr. Alfred Mutua to work closely with legislators in advancing Kenya’s national interests abroad. 

The call comes in the wake of complaints from Members that the CS had failed to honour several invitations to appear before the two Committees in the last few months.

Members Parliament drawn from five Committees of the National Assembly,  including Administration and Internal Affairs; Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations; Lands; Justice and Legal Affairs and National Cohesion and Equal Opportunity and the Kenya Women Parliamentary Association (KEWOPA), held a consultative forum with the Independent Panel of Advisors (IPA), to assess the current Peacebuilding Architecture in Kenya.

The Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU) Secretary General, Dr. Francis Atwoli has urged the National Assembly Committee on Energy to consider taming the Independent Power Producers (IPP’s) by revoking all the Power Purchase Agreements (PPA’s) for the well-being of workers and the sustainable economic development of the country.

In a meeting chaired by Hon. Vincent Musyoka, the Committee engaged with representatives of employers & workers, academia & sector experts and the Inter-Religious Council of Kenya.

The National Assembly, Trade, Industry and Cooperatives Committee, led by Hon. James Gakuya (Embakasi North), held a meeting with key stakeholders to address various issues surrounding the performance of East African Portland Cement (EAPC). 

The Committee engaged with representatives from the Ministry of Lands, Public Works, Housing, and Urban Development, as well as the National Land Commission (NLC) and EAPC to seek clarity on matters related to land ownership and compensation status.

The Justice and Legal Affairs Committee chaired by Hon. George Murugara(Tharaka), received submissions from the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) and the Department of Justice, in regards to the Conflict of Interest Bill (2023); a Bill for an Act of Parliament to provide for the management and regulation of conflict of interest in the discharge of official duties and connected purposes.

The National Assembly  Departmental Committee on Education  chaired by Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet) met the Judiciary in the ongoing investigations into allegations of cheating in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination in 2022.

The Judiciary proposed  the enactment of Legislation to provide guidelines for investigation, prosecution, hearing and judgement on examination cheating cases, by putting timelines within which the cases must be concluded.