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𝐉𝐋𝐀𝐇𝐑𝐂 𝐄𝐕𝐀𝐋𝐔𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐎𝐑 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐀'𝐒 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐓𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟓, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 The Senate Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs, and Human Ri

The Senate Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs, and Human Rights (JLAHRC) convened today to further scrutinize Senator Raphael Chimera's 2023 Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill. This proposed amendment aims to impose a five-year cooling-off period on former county governors' political pursuits following the conclusion of their terms. The primary objective is to allow ongoing accountability processes, such as the audit of county government accounts,

to reach completion before former governors seek other elective positions.

𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄 𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐎𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐔𝐏𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 𝐆𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐏𝐒, 𝐒𝐀𝐘𝐒 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐉𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐏 𝐊𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐖𝐀𝐋𝐄

Majority Whip Boni Khalwale has assured the international community that Parliament will support the implementation of the National Action Plan on the Open Government Partnership (OGP) as a way of promoting accountability in Governance.

 

Senator Khalwale said the Kenya government will increase budgetary allocation to facilitate the implementation of the open government agenda so as to finance implementation of the national action plan.

𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐰, 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞-𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞

Speaker of the Senate Rt Hon Amason Jeffah Kingi has hailed the enactment of the new law on climate change, terming it a game changer in regulation of the critical carbon credit trade.

Terming the carbon market as a key element in addressing sustainability of climate actions and rewarding green initiatives, Speaker Kingi commended Kenyan legislators for giving priority to the law – Climate Change (Amendment) Act, 2023.

𝐀𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓 𝐊𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐒 𝐎𝐅𝐅 𝐈𝐍 𝐍𝐀𝐈𝐑𝐎𝐁𝐈 𝐓𝐎𝐃𝐀𝐘

Nairobi will be host to more than 20 African Heads of States and other delegates who converge in the city for the Inaugural Africa Climate Summit.

The Summit that kicks off today 4th September, 2023 runs upto  6th, September, 2023. It coincides with African Climate Week, and is aimed at addressing the increasing exposure to climate change and its associated costs, both globally and in Africa.

It will provide an opportunity to highlight and forge consensus on the modalities of unlocking Africa's vast potential to positively impact the climate agenda.

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄 (𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓) 𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐋, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 (𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐋𝐘 𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐍𝐎. 𝟒𝟐 𝐎𝐅 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑)

The Climate Change (Amendment) Bill, 2023 (National Assembly Bill No. 42 of 2023) has been debated and passed by the Senate during a Special Sitting held on Thursday.

The Bill sponsored by Kenya Government was moved by the Senate Majority Leader Sen. Aaron Cheruiyot seconded by the Chairperson of the Senate Standing Committee on Lands, Environment and Natural Resources Sen. John Methu.

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐔𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐄 𝐃𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆

The Senate has voted to approve the National Dialogue Committee.

During the Special Sitting held on Tuesday, Senators unanimously voted to approve the National Dialogue Committee consisting of 10 members to represent the Kenya Kwanza Alliance (“Kenya Kwanza”), a coalition constituting the Majority Party of the Parliament of the Republic of Kenya and Azimio La Umoja One Kenya Coalition Party (“Azimio”), a coalition forming the Minority Party of the Parliament of the Republic of Kenya.