DEVOLUTION COMMITTEE CONDUCTS PUBLIC HEARING ON THE COUNTY GOVERNMENTS' LAWS
In a session marked by profound tension between executive efficiency and constitutional safeguards, the Senate Standing Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations held a public hearing today to deliberate on the County Government Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2025.
𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐏 𝐍𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐄 𝐃𝐑. 𝐈𝐃𝐀 𝐎𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐀 𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐃𝐆𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐁𝐎𝐋𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐊𝐄𝐍𝐘𝐀’𝐒 𝐆𝐋𝐎𝐁𝐀𝐋 𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐃𝐈𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐂𝐘
Veteran educationist and advocate, Dr. Ida Betty Odinga has pledged to leverage her leadership, networks and experience in advocacy to strengthen Kenya’s interests in environmental diplomacy if confirmed as the country’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐈𝐃𝐒 𝐅𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐖𝐄𝐋𝐋 𝐓𝐎 𝐃𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐍𝐘𝐎 𝐀𝐅𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝟑𝟒 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐂𝐄
The Parliament Fraternity has celebrated the distinguished career of Director Florence Atenyo Abonyo, who has retired after 34 years of service in the Parliamentary Service Commission.
𝐈𝐂𝐓 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐄 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐒 𝐎𝐍 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐃𝐄𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐙𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐉𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐙𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐉𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐁𝐔𝐃𝐆𝐄𝐓 𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐎𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒
Members of the National Assembly Committee on Communication Information and Innovation have urged the State Departments under the Committee's purview to plan on maximization of the projected budget allocation as per the 2026 Budget Policy Statement (BPS).
This follows the tight fiscal constraints underpinning the 2026 BPS vis-a-vis the sectors Budget requirements.
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐎𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐋, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: 𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐈𝐆𝐍 𝐈𝐍𝐕𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐒 𝐒𝐔𝐏𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓 𝐊𝐄𝐍𝐘𝐀𝐍𝐒
What if every major investor operating in Kenya was required to buy more from Kenyan businesses, hire more Kenyan professionals and source more produce from Kenyan farmers?
That is the proposal behind the Local Content Bill, 2025, sponsored by Hon. Jane Kagiri.