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ππˆπ‚ 𝐎𝐍 π’πŽπ‚πˆπ€π‹ π’π„π‘π•πˆπ‚π„π’ ππ‘πŽππ„π’ πŒπˆππˆπ’π“π‘π˜ πŽπ…π…πˆπ‚πˆπ€π‹π’ 𝐎𝐍 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐒 πŽπ… ππ€π“πˆπŽππ€π‹ π‡π„π‘πŽπ„π’ π‚πŽπ”ππ‚πˆπ‹

The Public Investments Committee on Social Services, Administration and Agriculture met the Principal Secretary in the State Department for Culture and Heritage Ms. Ummi Bashir and the Chief Executive Officer of the National Heroes Council Mr. Charles Wambia who apprised the Committee on the status and operationalization of the National Heroes Council (NHC) as well as that of the Kenya National Commission on Culture and Social Services KNCCSS).

ππˆπ‚ 𝐎𝐍 π†πŽπ•π„π‘ππ€ππ‚π„ 𝐀𝐍𝐃 π„πƒπ”π‚π€π“πˆπŽπ ππ”π„π’π“πˆπŽππ’ πŒπˆππˆπ’π“π‘π˜ 𝐎𝐍 ππ”π€π‹πˆπ“π˜ π‚πŽππ‚π„π‘ππ’ π–πˆπ“π‡πˆπ π“π„π‚π‡ππˆπ‚π€π‹ πˆππ’π“πˆπ“π”π“πˆπŽππ’

The Public Investments Committee on Governance and Education, chaired by Hon. Jack Wamboka (Bumula), held a meeting with the State Department for Technical and Vocational Education and Training(TVET) and the Public Service Commission (PSC) to address concerns regarding the quality and staffing of TVET institutions. 

The meeting focused on the persistent issue of understaffing in TVET colleges, lack of ethnic diversity and representation of people living with disabilities in these institutions, as well as the delayed constitution of their Board of Governors.

𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐑 π‚π€ππˆππ„π“ π’π„π‚π‘π„π“π€π‘π˜ 𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐒 ππ„π…πŽπ‘π„ π‡πŽπ”π’π„ π“πŽ π‘π„π’ππŽππƒ π“πŽ πŒπ„πŒππ„π‘π’ ππ”π„π’π“πˆπŽππ’

The Cabinet Secretary for Water, Sanitation and Irrigation Hon. Alice Wahome appeared before the House to respond to questions by Members on Wednesday afternoon.

Hon. Wahome informed the House that the Government will spend Kshs.1.2 billion to construct a mega water project in Bura constituency to cushion residents from the perennial shortage of the commodity. She added that the project will be  set up at Madogo area which, according to a study, has the potential to supply water to residents.

Background and History of Parliamentary Budget Office

The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) was created in May 2007 in order to enhance the capacity of the National Assembly to scrutinize the budget and oversight budget implementation. The Office was later established by the Fiscal Management Act, 2009. The Fiscal Management Act, 2009 was later repealed under section 208 of the Public Finance Management Act, 2012, with the PBO being retained under section 9 of the latter Act.

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