‘Morara is doing oversight’ – Eric Omondi explains why Senate should be scrapped off
Comedian Eric Omondi has continued with his push to have the number of leaders representing Kenyans at the national level reduced. Speaking on Friday, September 6, 2024, during a televised interview with one of the local TV stations, the comedian who has since turned into an activist said that the entire senate should be scrapped […]
Kingi convenes Senate special sitting to establish National Dialogue Committee
Senate Speaker Amason Kingi has gazetted a special sitting for the Senate on Tuesday, August 29, 2023, to approve the establishment of the National Dialogue Committee. The special sitting, according to the notice, will also discuss the appointment of Andrew Mukite Musangi as Chairperson of the Board of the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK). “Notice is […]
Meru Senator Murungi Kathuri elected Deputy Senate Speaker unopposed
Meru Senator Murungi Kathuri has been elected Deputy Senate Speaker unopposed. Kathuri’s election follows the withdrawal of Kilifi Senator Stewart Madzayo’s candidature for the seat. “Standing order 11 provides that if there is only one candidate who had been duly nominated as deputy speaker, that candidate shall be elected forthwith without any being election being […]
FACT CHECK: Video linking Irungu Kang’ata to Sabina Joy was doctored
A video that has gone viral on social media and news sites, where a voice is heard suggesting to Senate Speaker Kenneth Lusaka that Murang’a senator Irungu Kang’ata was attempting to address the house from Sabina Joy pub is fake, K24 Digital has established. We can authoritatively report that the voiceover was embedded in the […]
Police bosses in hot soup over Moses Kuria arrest
Disobedience of court orders during the arrest of Moses Kuria over assault allegations early last year have come to haunt the State after senior officers of Kilimani police station are summoned. Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate Kenneth Cheruiyot issued the summons to have Kilimani DCIO Fatuma Hadi, deputy sub-county police commander Aden Mohamed and deputy OCS […]
Abdul Haji steps into his late father’s ‘huge shoes’ in Senate
Haji takes the seat left vacant following the death of his father Yusuf Haji at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, on February 15.
Senate bans all physical committee meetings as Covid cases hit Parliament
Senators will not set foot in Parliament for committee meetings indefinitely but they will hold such sessions virtually.