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𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗜𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧'𝗦 𝗥𝗘𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗝𝗨𝗗𝗚𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗛 𝗧𝗢 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗥 𝗣𝗘𝗧𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗔𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝗕𝗬 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗛𝗜𝗚𝗛 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗧

𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟱, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰

A petition regarding three recently enacted Laws including the Social Health Insurance Act will now be heard by a three judge bench following an application by the National Assembly and the Senate on account of the weight of matters raised.

High Court Judges , Justice Alfred Mabeya, Justice Robert Limo and Justice Freda Gathiru Mugambi will now hear the petition challenging the constitutionality of the Social Health Insurance Act, the Primary Healthcare Act and the Digital Health Act, 2023.

𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝗕𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝗯𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆

𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟰𝘁𝗵 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰

The National Assembly is set to debate the Report of the Medium Term Debt Management Strategy that will be tabled by the Public Debt and Privatization Committee  this week 

The Public Debt and Privatization Committee has proposed several policy and financial resolutions to address concerns about rising domestic interest rates, public borrowing projections, and adherence to debt limits.

SPEAKER KINGI WITNESSES SIGNING OF COUNTY ALLOCATIONS LAW AT STATE HOUSE

This morning, the Speaker of the Senate, Rt Hon Amason Jeffah Kingi, joined His Excellency Dr William Samoei Ruto, President of the Republic of Kenya; Speaker of the National Assembly Rt Hon (Dr) Moses Wetang’ula; and other leaders at State House where the President signed into law, the County Governments Additional Allocations Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 23 of 2023). The new law provides for additional allocations to county governments for the Financial Year 2023/2024.

𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗟𝗬 𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗣𝗘𝗧𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗢𝗡 𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗟, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯

𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟰, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯

The National Assembly undertook an effective and constitutionally compliant public participation on the Affordable Housing Bill, 2023, the High Court has ruled.

This verdict was delivered by Justice Mwanaisha Saida Shariff sitting at the High Court in Kisumu, in a petition where one Mr. Lawrence Omule Apiyo had sued the National Assembly 

alongside the office of the Attorney General and the Cabinet Secretary for Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Settlement regarding public participation on the Bill.

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CLERK URGES SCRIBES TO UPHOLD BALANCED REPORTAGE OF LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS

The Deputy Clerk of the National Assembly, Mrs. Serah Kioko, has called on the media to strive to disseminate information that is factual, evidence based and in a manner that is well understood by a majority of the public. 

 Mrs. Kioko further called on the Journalists to delve into the less-covered Parliamentary business, but which is of immense public interest, in a bid to sensitize the public on the output of Parliamentary proceedings, while creating an interest in them to participate in the legislative business. 

𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐀𝐆𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐔𝐋𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐒 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐒' 𝐒𝐔𝐁𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐔𝐆𝐀𝐑 𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐋,𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐

Senate Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Committee, under the leadership of Kirinyaga County Senator James Kamau Murango, MP, has kicked of its three day public participation to deliberate on the legislative proposal on the Sugar Bill, 2022, (National Assembly Bill No. 34). 

 

𝐖𝐄 𝐃𝐎𝐍'𝐓 𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐍𝐔𝐂𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐑 𝐏𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐑 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐈𝐍 𝐔𝐘𝐎𝐌𝐁𝐎 𝐕𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐀𝐆𝐄, 𝐒𝐀𝐘 𝐏𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐒

"Poverty has pushed Kilifi County residents to terrorism extremism, nuclear power plant in Kilifi will aggravate the problem. Ksh. 500 billion that is intended to putting up a nuclear power plant in Uyombo village, should be invested in making the lives of Kilifi County residents better." Said Boniface Mwangi, Land and Environment Defenders Activists representative.

 

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