Senate moves to avert looming strike in counties over delayed July salaries
Senate has moved to stop a looming strike by county government workers after they failed to get their July salaries amid the just-ended lawmakers’ stand-off over counties budget. The delay was caused by the failure to enact the Division of Revenue Act as leaders engaged in a back and forth over counties budget. The Senate […]
High Court judges to hear senators case on county laws
bHillary Mageka and Mercy Mwai @PeopleDailyKe Chief Justice David Maraga will now pick a three-judge Bench to hear a case challenging at least 24 laws passed by the National Assembly and assented to by the President. In his ruling regarding a constitutional petition filed by the Senate at the Constitutional and Human Rights Division court, […]
Showdown looms as senators plot to derail budget
Bernard Gitau @benagitau A clash is looms in Parliament ahead of today’s reading of the 2019/20 budget after Senators and National Assembly members failed to agree on division of revenue. The uncertainty comes even as the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) proposed that the National Treasury allocates to counties Sh335 billion in the next fiscal year […]