The National Assembly Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry & Cooperatives engaged the Managing Director for East African Portland Cement (EAPC) Ltd, Mr. Oliver Kirubai, and the PS for the State Department of Industry, Dr. Juma Mukhwana in regard to the dwindling performance of EAPC Ltd.

The company registered a 71.3 percent reduction in profits after tax by June 2022 and is facing challenges from squatters and grabbers who are in possession of fake title deeds.

The National Assembly has today begun the debate of a Report of the Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations Committee on the Kenya-United Kingdom Defence Cooperation Agreement.

The Report followed the signing of a Cooperation Agreement between the two Governments on July 27 2021 and replaces the previous Defence Cooperation Agreement signed in 2015.

Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary Prof. Kithure Kindiki will be the first Cabinet Secretary (CS) to appear before the National Assembly plenary on Wednesday

afternoon. He will be answering questions and expounding on policies under his docket.

This appearance by a CS before the House follows an amendment to various parts of the Standing Orders to allow the CSs to physically appear before the House and answer questions raised by MPs.

T he Committee on Implementation met with the Cabinet Secretary (CS), National Treasury and Economic Planning Prof Njuguna Ndung’u, and members of the Kenyan Association of Retired Officers (KARO), to discuss the implementation status of payment of pensions to retired Government officers.