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𝐏𝐔𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐂 𝐃𝐄𝐁𝐓 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐙𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐄 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐅𝐄𝐃 𝐎𝐍 𝐋𝐎𝐀𝐍𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐒

The Public Debt and Privatization Committee led by Hon. Abdi Shurie (Balambala) has met with officials from the Office of the Auditor-General, who briefed the Committee on the loans that have acquired but have not been disbursed, as at 30th June 2022.

In their submission, the Auditor General's team told Members  that the Government has entered into loans and grants agreements with various Development Partners, to fund development projects.

𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐄 𝐎𝐍 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐍 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒

The National Assembly Select Committee on Implementation chaired  by Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi) engaged the Ministry of Lands and the National Land Commission on failure to implement Parliament’s recommendations. 

The Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Lands Hon. Nixon Korir appeared before the Committee, alongside the Chairperson of the National Lands Commision Mr. Gershom Ottachi. 

𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐆𝐘 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐄 𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐔𝐍𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐂𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐏𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐑 𝐏𝐔𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐒𝐄 𝐀𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒

The National Assembly Departmental Committee on Energy chaired by Hon. Vincent Musyoka (Mwala) has disapproved of the punitive Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) signed by Kenya Power Company (KPC) and Independent Power Producers (IPPs).

During a meeting with the KPC and IPPs Hon. Musyoka said Kenyan cannot continue paying expensive power when affordable power is available "We can't get into other Take or Pay agreements. This Committee will not allow the purchase of expensive power from some IPPs when we have affordable power," said Hon. Musyoka.

𝐊𝐈𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐋𝐈 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐘𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐀𝐂𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐂𝐔𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐘𝐄𝐄𝐒 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐔𝐍𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐅𝐄𝐑𝐒

The National Assembly Committee on Labour, chaired by Hon. Erick Muchangi (Runyenjes), met with Hon. Didmus Barasa (Kimilili) to discuss the Employment (Amendment) Bill 2023. 

The Bill seeks to grant employees six months' written notice before a transfer or the option of receiving one month's wage as notice pay. It also aims to provide reasons for the transfer, seek the employee's consent, and support the employee's relocation, unless the transfer was requested by the employee.

𝐋𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐂𝐀𝐁𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐓 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐒 𝐁𝐄𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄

The Cabinet Secretary for Labour and Social Protection Hon. Florence Bore apologized to the National Assembly for failing to appear before it to answer Questions. CS Bore was appearing for the first time since the House reprimanded her for failing to show up during a previous invitation.

While explaining herself, Hon. Bore informed the House that in future she would render her apologies in good time whenever she is not able to honour an invitation. 

𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐁𝐄𝐒 𝐋𝐈𝐐𝐔𝐎𝐑 𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐔𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐌 𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐀𝐗 𝐀𝐁𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐎𝐍𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓

The National Assembly Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning chaired by Hon. Kimani Kuria met the management of a liquor manufacturing firm  over a Kshs. 332 million tax abandonment granted by the National Treasury in 2021.