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𝗠𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗦𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗦 𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗗𝗢𝗡𝗢𝗥 𝗜𝗡𝗙𝗟𝗨𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗜𝗡 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗟𝗧𝗛 𝗦𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥

Members of both the National Assembly and the Senate have raised concerns over attempts by donor partners in the health sector to economically disadvantaged Kenya through practices that foster over-dependence on their support for financing programs related to HIV/AIDS, malaria, and vaccine procurement.

𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗜𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗘 𝗢𝗡 𝗘𝗡𝗩𝗜𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧, 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗬 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗢 𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗔𝗚𝗘 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗞𝗘𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗢𝗡 𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗛𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗚𝗟𝗢𝗕𝗔𝗟 𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗧𝗨𝗧𝗘

The Departmental Committee on Environment, Forestry and Mining will engage the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry and other stakeholders before making a decision on the agreement on the establishment of Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) which will give Kenya an opportunity to become a member state.

𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐕𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐎𝐔𝐁𝐋𝐄 𝐓𝐀𝐗𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐒 𝐁𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐄𝐒, 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐈𝐂𝐓 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐄 𝐃𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐒 𝐂𝐀𝐊

The Senate Committee on Information Communication and Technology (ICT) has directed the Communications Authority of Kenya (CAK) to harmonize the national and county governments' levies and wayleaves to avoid double taxation of the telecommunication industry in the country. 

 

This comes after CAK informed Senators that county governments are charging expensive wayleave charges for the laying of the fibre optic cables, exponentially driving up the cost of doing business and hindering ICT network penetration. 

 

𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗜𝗩𝗜𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗢𝗙 𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗨𝗘 (𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧) 𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗟, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰

The Division of Revenue (Amendment) Bill, 2024 has been introduced in the National Assembly. 

The Bill seeks to provide for equitable sharing of the 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 N𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘆 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀.

H.E. the President assented to the Division of Revenue Act, 2024 on 10th June, 2024. The Act provides for the division of revenue raised nationally between the national and county governments for Financial Year 2024/25. 

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