The management of Uchumi Supermarkets on Tuesday, August 4^th, 2026 reaffirmed its commitment to settling all legitimate obligations owed to its former employees and other creditors and has assured the Public Petitions Committee that it remains committed to fully implementing the Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA).

The National Assembly’s Public Investments Committee on Commercial Affairs and Energy (PIC CA&E) has advocated for sector-based roundtables as part of a faster strategy to resolve audit queries related to State Corporations with similar scopes of service delivery.

The Public Petitions Committee has been informed that a proposal to institute a two-year freeze on public borrowing is not currently feasible, with the Controller of Budget citing the country's prevailing fiscal realities and debt obligations.

The National Assembly has approved the County Governments Additional Allocations Bill (Senate Bill No. 8 of 2026), paving the way for counties to receive additional funding to strengthen primary healthcare, affordable housing, agriculture, climate resilience, urban development and other devolved programmes during the 2026/27 financial year.

The Senate Committee on Labour and Social Welfare pressed the Cabinet Secretaries for the National Treasury and Education to make firm, time-bound commitments to settle billions of shillings in pension arrears owed to current and former staff of the Technical University of Kenya (TUK), warning that many retirees had waited too long for justice.

The Senate Standing Committee on Trade, Industrialization and Tourism has intensified its oversight of the cooperative sector after scrutinizing the Commissioner for Cooperative Development, Mr. David Obonyo over governance failures, regulatory oversight and financial accountability at the Kenya Union of Savings and Credit Cooperatives (KUSCCO).

Senator Jackson Mandago questioned how significant financial misstatements at KUSCCO went undetected despite the Commissioner's representation on the Union's Board as an ex-officio member.