Roads and Transportation Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen said that the rehabilitation of Mombasa road, Uhuru Highway and Waiyaki Way under the Nairobi Expressway Way will be rehabilitated within the next year.

Speaking when he appeared before the Senate Standing Committee on Roads, Transportation and Housing Chaired by Kiambu Senator Karungo Thangwa, the cabinet secretary expressed confidence that the road under the Expressway will be upgraded to international standards.

Earlier today, the Senate Standing Committee on Trade, Industrialization and Tourism led by the Vice- Chair, Sen. Esther Okenyuri met today to consider Legal Briefs on the County Licensing (Uniform Procedures) Bill, Senate Bill No.9 of 2022 and the Start-up Bill, 2022 (Senate Bill No. 14 of 2022). 

Sponsored by Senator Crystal Asige, the County Licensing (Uniform Procedures) Bill, 2022 seeks to establish uniform framework which will form the basis of licensing processes in counties. 

Following the Gazette Notice No. 2641 Dated 27th February, 2023, whereby the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Kenya Defence Forces H.E. Dr. William Samoei Ruto, PhD, C.G.H., appointed Mr. Bethuel Sugut (Nominated by Parliamentary Service Commission), Ms. Novince Euralia Atieno (Nominated by Parliamentary Service Commission), Ms. Charity S. Kisotu (Nominated by Public Service Commission), Mr. Evans Misati James (Nominated by Political Parties Liaison Committee), Mr. Benson Ngugi Njeri (Nominated by The Law Society of Kenya), Dr.

The National Assembly will partner with the National Council for Law Reporting towards the development of a Kenya Laws database. The initiative is geared towards transforming how the public interacts with legal resources, to enhance public knowledge on Kenyan laws, as well as preserve the legislative history of the country, and the development process of Kenyan laws.

Senate Speaker Amason Kingi has advised the business community to constantly engage parliament and ensure laws enacted are friendly to businesses.

In the absence of such engagement, he note that there is a likelihood that laws passed will nor address the concerns of the people.

"Through such engagements, we as the Senate shall harvest the technical knowledge that will enrich legislation andensures issues of concerns are brought to the fore and addressed," said Speaker Kingi.

A Joint-Committee of the National Assembly’s Departmental Committee on Finance, and the Senate Standing Committee of Finance and Budget this morning conducted vetting and approval hearings for the Nominee for appointment to the office of the Deputy Governor of Central Bank, Dr. Susan Koech.

Taking to the hot seat, Dr. Koech expressed her readiness to take up the position before the Joint Committee co-chaired by Molo MP Kuria Kimani and Mandera Senator Ali Roba.

Speaker Amason Kingi has hailed the diplomatic relationship between Kenya and The Gambia.

Speaker Kingi said The Gambia has been a wonderful friend to Kenya and that the two countries have share close ties for many years.

"Kenya believes in exchanging ideas and building partnerships," Speaker Kingi said.

He was speaking when he hosted a delegation MPs from The Gambia who are in Kenya for a benchmarking tour.

The team is led by Mr Fabakary Tombong Jatta who is the Speaker of National Assembly of the Gambia.

The National Assembly’s Departmental Committee on Housing, Urban Planning and Public Works today met to consider The Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2022.

The Bill seeks to make changes to various Statutes, in keeping with the practice of consolidating minor amendments that do not meet the merit of publication as separate Bills.

The Committee Chaired by Emurrua Dikir Member of Parliament, the Hon. Johana Ngeno considered amendments to The Architects and Quantity Surveyors Act (Cap. 525), and the Housing Act (Cap. 117). 

The Budget & Appropriations Committee (BAC) unanimously adopted a report on supplementary budget estimates for the Financial Year 2022/2023.

The Ndindi Nyoro led committee carried the report after a weeklong engagement with Departmental Committees on the 2022/23 Supplementary Estimates. 

The Committee reached the decision after thoroughly examining the re – allocations of funds done and the wish lists for additional funding by the Departmental Committees of the National Assembly.

The Senate Speaker Amason Kingi has said that the delay by National Treasury to disburse funds to counties and inadequate allocation for devolved functions remain the biggest threats to Devolution.

The Speaker called for a robust engagement between the Council of Governors, National Treasury and Parliament on how disbursements can be improved to hasten service delivery to counties.

A Gambian delegation, led by Gambian National Assembly Speaker Hon. Fabakary Tombong Jatta, Minority Leader Hon. Alhagie Darboe, and House Clerk Mr. Momodou Sise, has arrived in Kenya for a week-long study tour of the Kenyan Parliament. The delegation aims to learn from the Kenyan bicameral Parliament's legislative and administrative processes.

The Senate County Public Accounts Committee (CPAC) has called on the Office of the Auditor General to conduct a Special audit on how the Sh27 billion allocated to the defunct Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) was expended.

The Committee further wants similar audits conducted to determine the size of Nairobi Own Source Revenue and the pending bills incurred by both the City County and NMS in the last five years.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) wants the Government Advertising Agency (GAA)  to review its advertising model and to embrace one that ensures content reaches the majority.

The Committee said that the current model that gave preference to four mainstream print Media Houses was not effective as the advertisements were not reaching majority of targeted readers.

They said that key advertisements such as job opportunities were placed in the adverts and therefore should be accessible by job seekers who could not be able to buy newspapers.

The Committee on Diaspora Affairs and Migrant Workers has called on the Principal Secretary (PS), State Department of Diaspora Workers, Ms. Roseline Njogu to acclerate the institutionalization of the Diaspora as the 48th County.

The Members who were speaking during an engagement with the PS over the policies and programs in place for the protection and promotion of the welfare of Kenyans in the diaspora. The Committee noted that this move would not help safeguard the welfare of Kenyans living abroad, but would also guarantee some of their rights such as the right to vote. 

The Committee on Diaspora Affairs and Migrant Workers has called for the cancellation of licenses of recruiting agencies, and a fresh registration of the agencies once new regulations have been put in place. 

The Members were speaking this morning during an engagement with the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs , Dr. Alfred Mutua at the TradeMark hotel in Nairobi. 

The Ministry of Labour and Social Protection has revealed plans to start fresh vetting of agencies responsible for recruitment of Kenyan migrants workers afresh.

This is a bid to weed out rogue recruitment agencies and protect migrant workers from the rampant exploitation they have been undergoing .

While appearing before National Assembly departmental committee on Diaspora Affairs and Migrant Workers, the Cabinet Secretary for Labour, Hon. Florence Bore, disclosed that the sector is the leading source of remittance into the country  and thus should be streamlined.

The National Assembly’s Departmental Committee on Finance and National planning chaired by Molo MP, Hon. Francis Kimani Kuria this morning conducted public hearings on the Statutes Miscellaneous (Amendments) Bill, 2023, and the Equalization Fund Bill, 2023 sponsored by Tiaty MP, William Kamket.

During the hearings, the Committee received submissions from a number of stakeholder- institutions among them Pricewaterhousecoopers Limited (PWC), office of the Controller of Budget, The National Treasury and The Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA),

The Managing Director, National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) was this morning taken to task over a myriad of issues affecting the board and for the board’s lackluster response to farmers’ need. The MD Mr. Joseph Kimote was appearing before the National Assembly’s Committee on Public investments, Social Services, Administration and Agriculture to respond to audit queries emanating from the audited accounts for the Financial Year 2018/2019. 

The National Assembly Housing, Urban Planning and Public Works committee has today held a meeting to deliberate on among other issues the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2022, and Deliberations on Budget Policy Statement 2023.

The Committee Chaired by Emurrua Dikir MP, Hon. Johana Ngeno reviewed The Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2022 which recommends  changes to the Architects and Quantity Surveyors Act (Cap. 525) and The Housing Act (Cap. 117). 

The National Assembly Deputy Speaker, Hon. Gladys Boss, hosted the Interim Committee of the Namibian Parliamentary Women Caucus

Who paid her a courtesy call at her office in Main Parliament Building.

The delegation led by Hon. Emilia Nuyoma- Amupewa who is the Chairperson of Interim Committee of the Namibian Parliamentary Women Caucus is in the country to benchmark on the best practices to incorporate while formulating an active and impactful Parliamentary Women Association in Namibia.