National Assembly’s committee on Education says a decision by the Teachers Service Commission to suspend teachers protesting insecurity in the north is unjustified. A Parliamentary committee has criticised the recent decision by the Teachers Service Commission to interdict teachers who had left their workstations in the North Eastern region over security concerns. The National Assembly’s departmental committee on Education said that the decision by the TSC to suspend the teachers was unjustified. The committee chairman, Julius Melly, said that the teachers were justified in leaving the region and calling for a transfer over the security concerns. Melly argued that by…
Author: Silas Apollo
A coalition of leading women’s rights organizations is holding the USA to account for failing to protect the rights of women and girls in all their diversity. A new report by lobby groups advocating for the rights of girls and women has accused the United States government of serious violations of women’s and children’s rights in the country, with fresh calls to the United Nations to intervene and address the matter. The group, in their report, argues that the US government has, over time, failed to enact laws aimed at ending child marriages, protecting women and girls from female genital…
A Parliamentary caucus group against drug and substance abuse has called for additional rehabilitation centres nationwide to deal with rising addictions and drug abuse among Kenyans. The group dubbed Parliamentarians Against Drugs and Substance Abuse Caucus said that the rising substance abuse cases, including among civil servants, were worrying. The group made the recommendations after reports that many civil servants and government officers were now turning to alcohol and other substances to deal with work-related stress and the harsh economic times. A report released by the Public Service last month shows that cases of absenteeism among public officers from work…
Learners in primary schools and Junior Secondary Schools will now be able to benefit from bursaries issued under the National Government Constituency Development Fund Bursary Scheme after MPs in the National Assembly approved a motion to expand the list of beneficiaries under the scheme. The National Assembly passed the motion after Gatanga MP Edward Muriu moved a paper on the floor of the House to amend the scheme to include more learners. The scheme will be extended to students learning under the newly introduced Competence Based Curriculum. In his motion, Muriu sought to have the National Government Constituency Development Fund…
The process of approving new ambassadors and their deputies who were appointed by President William Ruto has began after MPs in the National Assembly initiated the process of debating the list before approval. Already, a notice has been issued by the clerk of the National Assembly, Samuel Njoroge inviting members of the public to submit written submissions on the list of nominees. In a notice published on national dailies, Njoroge has advised members of the public with reservations on any of the nominees to present written submissions to Parliament together with supporting documents ahead of the vetting process. The notice is…
Members of the National Assembly Public Investments Committee on Commercial Affairs and Energy have raised concerns over the country’s recent spike in fuel prices. Led by chairperson David Pkosing, members who met Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) managing director Daniel Kiptoo over audit queries in the Agency’s financial books sought to know why the price adjustments were constantly rising. Kiptoo appeared before the Committee to respond to audit queries raised in the agency’s books for Financial Years 2019/21 and 2020/21 when questions on the rise in fuel prices arose. The price of fuel rose in October by about Sh5.72…
The controversy surrounding the country’s high electricity cost took a new twist this week after Attorney-General Justin Muturi denied any knowledge of the power purchasing agreements signed between Kenya Power and the Independent Power Producers in the country. Muturi, while appearing before the National Assembly’s committee on Energy, said that his office had not been notified or briefed on the deals signed between Kenya Power Company and the IPPs. The said agreements have been singled out as one of the reasons why electricity prices in the country have risen consistently, with MPs, trade unionists, civil society groups and the public…
President William Ruto has already enacted a new law that will henceforth compel the government not to borrow more than half of the country’s Gross Domestic Product loans. The country’s total public debt has already surpassed the Sh10 trillion ceiling approved by Parliament. This is according to documents tabled before Parliament by the National Treasury, which shows that the total public debt stock of the country was way off the ceiling set by MPs as required by law. The documents tabled before the National Assembly’s Public Debt and Privatization Committee show that the debt stock has surpassed the Sh10 trillion…
The management of the Kenyatta International Convention Centre was this week hard-pressed to explain some of the measures it had instituted to recover Sh36 billion said to have been accrued in rent by the office of former President Mwai Kibaki. KICC acting chief executive officer Patricia Ondeng, while appearing before the National Assembly’s Public Investments Committee, was put to task to explain how it intends to collect the debt owed by an office belonging to officials attached to the late Kibaki. The committee chaired by Pokot South MP David Pkosing had summoned the management of KICC to respond to audit…
IMF-backed law now sets borrowing by the government at about 55% of the country’s GDP, away from the current numerical Sh10 trillion public debt ceiling. The government will now be compelled to borrow loans equivalent to not more than half of the country’s Gross Domestic Product after President William Ruto enacted a law that seeks to help manage and regulate the country’s public debt. Popularly known as the “debt-anchor Bill”, the new law now sets borrowing by the government at about 55% of the country’s GDP, away from the current numerical Sh10 trillion public debt ceiling. As such, the new…
