Senate summons CS Matiang’i, IG Mutyambai over boda boda menace
Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i and Inspector General of Police Hillary Mutyambai have been summoned to appear before the Senate Security Committee to answer to increasing unruly behaviour by boda boda riders in the country. The Senators want the two alongside National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) to explain ways in which they will restore […]
Senators, CRA to discuss revenue sharing plan
Last week, the House passed the Division of Revenue Bill 2020/2021 enabling shs339.8 billion to be allocated to counties.
Senate, National Assembly standoff case sent to Maraga
Chief Justice David Maraga will constitute bench to hear a legal dispute between the National Assembly and Senate over law-making process. This is after senators filed a suit on Thursday challenging 24 laws passed by the National Assembly without their input. In his ruling, Justice Weldon Korir sent the case to the Chief Justice David […]
Senators want Nyayo Stadium be given a new name
By Mercy Mwai. Senators want Nyayo National Stadium renamed to Joe Kadenge Stadium in honour of the departed football legend who died on Sunday after a long illness. While eulogising him yesterday, the senators said there was need for the country to rename the stadium in remembrance of Kadenge who “left a big mark in […]
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 […]