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𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐒 𝐄𝐗𝐂𝐈𝐒𝐄 𝐃𝐔𝐓𝐘 (𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓) 𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐋 

The Excise Duty (Amendment) Bill, 2025 has been passed by the National Assembly which  seeks to amend the Excise Duty Act to remove excise duty on imported fully assembled electric transformers.

It is intended that this amendment will reduce the cost of electricity and enhance power connectivity through additional manufacture and supply of transformers to the Kenya Power and Lighting Company.

The Bill now passed introduces amendments to the Excise Duty Act to remove excise duty on imported fully assembled electric transformers, reducing costs for power sector investors.

𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐑 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐋 (𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓) 𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒

Members of the National Assembly have approved the Cancer Prevention and Control (Amendment) No. 2 Bill, (National Assembly Bill No. 45 of 2022) with Amendments.

The Bill sponsored by Hon. Rahim Dawood sought to amend the Cancer Prevention and Control Act, No. 15 of 2012 to provide for training of health cadres in the specialized medical field of oncology, to include cancer treatment as part of the provision of primary healthcare and incorporate the use of e-health and telemedicine.

𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐋𝐘 𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐈-𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐘 𝐋𝐀𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐁𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐌 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐋𝐀𝐖𝐒 (𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓) 𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐋, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓

The National Assembly has passed the Anti-Money Laundering and Combating of Terrorism Financing Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2025 with amendments.

The Bill sponsored by the Leader of the Majority Party, Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah underwent its first reading in the House on Tuesday, March 4th, 2025, seeks to address technical shortcomings in Kenya's legal framework.

Speaking during the debate, Finance and Planning Committee Chair, Hon. Kuria Kimani, emphasized the urgency of passing the Bill to avoid economic isolation.

𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐅𝐔𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐒 𝐂𝐀𝐔𝐂𝐔𝐒 𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐒 𝐏𝐀𝐓𝐇 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐊𝐄𝐍𝐘𝐀’𝐒 𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐆-𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐌 𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐒𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐕𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍

Against the breathtaking backdrop of the Maasai Mara, the Senate Futures Caucus convened its inaugural Strategic Foresight Retreat, bringing together Senators, development partners, and foresight experts for a two-day dialogue on embedding future-oriented thinking into Kenya’s legislative processes.

 

The retreat, themed “Charting a Future-Oriented Course for Kenya”, aimed to equip lawmakers with the tools and perspectives necessary to anticipate long-term challenges and craft responsive, evidence-based legislation.

 

𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐒 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐊𝐀𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐍 & 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐎𝐍, 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐘𝐀𝐍𝐉𝐔𝐈 𝐈𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐊𝐁𝐋 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐄

The Senate Committee on Labour and Social Welfare, chaired by Sen Julius Murgor (West Pokot) today heard responses from both law firm Kaplan & Stratton and Advocate Harrison Kinyanjui in an ongoing probe over unpaid compensation to former Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL) employees. The hearing, which follows a previous tense engagement with the Advocates Complaints Commission (ACC), aimed to clarify issues raised in a petition to the Senate brought by 125 aggrieved former KBL staff.

 

𝐊𝐄𝐍𝐘𝐀 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐙𝐔𝐄𝐋𝐀 𝐕𝐎𝐖 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐃𝐈𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐂𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐏 𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐏

The Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya, Rt. (Dr.) Hon. Moses Wetang’ula, on Thursday hosted H.E. Moravia Peralta Hernandez, Ambassador of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to Kenya, in a high-level courtesy call aimed at strengthening diplomatic and parliamentary relations between the two countries.

𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐑 𝐖𝐄𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐆’𝐔𝐋𝐀 𝐇𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐒 𝐊𝐍𝐂𝐇𝐑 𝐑𝐄𝐏𝐒, 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌 𝐓𝐎 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐅𝐘 𝐇𝐔𝐌𝐀𝐍 𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐒 𝐕𝐈𝐎𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐂𝐇

National Assembly Speaker Rt. (Dr.) Hon. Moses Wetang’ula has assured the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) of Parliament’s support in safeguarding its Constitutional mandate, especially amid growing concerns over budgetary constraints and institutional sustainability.

𝐊𝐄𝐍𝐘𝐀-𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐘 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐅𝐘, 𝐀𝐌𝐁. 𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐓𝐇 𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐒 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐑 𝐖𝐄𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐆’𝐔𝐋𝐀 𝐃𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐒𝐘 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋

Kenya continues to deepen and strengthen its longstanding relationship with the Federal Republic of Germany.

Wednesday, the Speaker of the National Assembly, the Rt. Hon. Dr. Moses Masika Wetang'ula hosted the German Ambassador to Kenya, H.E. Sebastian Groth, at his office in Parliament Buildings, Nairobi.

𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐒𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐒 𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐊𝐔𝐑𝐀 𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐊𝐎𝐍𝐈 𝐑𝐎𝐀𝐃 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐃𝐆𝐄 𝐃𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐍 𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐕𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐓

The Public Investments Committee on Commercial Affairs & Energy chaired by Hon. David Pkosing (Pokot South) has raised concerns on delays experienced in the construction of Likoni Bridge.

Speaking during an inspection visit to Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) along Mombasa Road, the Chairperson emphasized on the need for government projects to have value for money to the public.

𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐋𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐄 𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐀𝐃𝐕𝐎𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐋 𝐎𝐅 𝐊𝐁𝐋 𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐘𝐄𝐄𝐒’ 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐓

The Senate Committee on Labour and Social Welfare has taken issue with the Advocates Complaints Commission (ACC) over what it termed a shallow and unsatisfactory investigation into complaints raised by former Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL) employees against their former advocate, Harrison Kinyanjui.

 

𝐏𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐄, 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐃𝐄𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐃𝐄𝐕𝐎𝐋𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍, 𝐌𝐑. 𝐌𝐈𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐄𝐋 𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐒𝐀𝐋𝐎𝐍 𝐈𝐒 𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐋𝐘 𝐁𝐄𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐕𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐃

𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐈𝐏𝐀𝐋 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐍𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐄, 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐃𝐄𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐃𝐄𝐕𝐎𝐋𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍, 𝐌𝐑. 𝐌𝐈𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐄𝐋 𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐒𝐀𝐋𝐎𝐍 𝐈𝐒 𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐋𝐘 𝐁𝐄𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐋𝐘 𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐃𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐋𝐎𝐏𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐕𝐀𝐋 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆

 

𝐖𝐄 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐀𝐑 𝐏𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐑 𝐀𝐒 𝐀𝐍 𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐓𝐘, 𝐒𝐀𝐘𝐒 𝐆𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐎𝐑 𝐒𝐀𝐊𝐀𝐉𝐀

Senate Standing Committee on Energy chaired by Siaya Senator Dr. Oburu Odinga held a meeting with Nairobi City County Governor Johnson Arthur Sakaja. 

 

 The agenda of the meeting was to deliberate on the dispute between the Nairobi City County Government and the Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) over electricity bill. 

 

Governor Sakaja said that Kenya Power had issued a bill to the Nairobi City County Government amounting to 3 billions Kenyan shillings. 

 

𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝐄𝐗𝐂𝐈𝐒𝐄 𝐃𝐔𝐓𝐘 (𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓) 𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐋, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓

The National Assembly is set to fast track the consideration of the Excise Duty (Amendment) Bill, 2025 (National Assembly Bill No. 7 of 2025) following a directive from the Speaker of the National Assembly, Hon. Mose Wetang'ula. 

In a notification issued to Members of the National Assembly on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, Speaker Wetang'ula announced that the Bill, which seeks to amend the Excise Duty Act to remove excise duty on imported fully assembled electric transformers, has matured for its First Reading.