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𝐀𝐆 𝐌𝐔𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐈 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐒 𝐎𝐍 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐑 𝐖𝐄𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐆’𝐔𝐋𝐀

𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 

𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 
 

The Speaker of the National Assembly, the Rt. Hon. (Dr.) Moses Wetang’ula hosted the country’s Attorney General, his predecessor the Hon. Justin B. Muturi who paid him a courtesy call at his office in Parliament Buildings. 

The two leaders discussed crucial national matters, emphasizing collaborative strategies to enhance the functionality of their offices geared towards promoting transparency, and fostering good governance. 

𝐀𝐃 𝐇𝐎𝐂 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐈𝐍𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐑𝐘 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃𝐂𝐎𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐒 𝐌𝐀𝐘 𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐆𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐈𝐑𝐈𝐒 𝐒𝐂𝐀𝐍

The companies contracted by Worldcoin to undertake the iris scans and data collection from Kenyans could have harvested critical information from underage Kenyans, due to lack of clear guidelines on Worldcoin registration guidelines. This is according to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the subsidiary Company - Sense Marketing -  Mr. Kevin Olende.

𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐄 𝐎𝐍 𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐀 𝐀𝐅𝐅𝐀𝐈𝐑𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐌𝐈𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐒 𝐎𝐍 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊 𝐓𝐎𝐆𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐎 𝐀𝐃𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐒

The National Assembly Committee on Diaspora Affairs and Migrant Workers chaired by Hon. Lydia Haika (Taita Taveta) has appealed to all stakeholders that deal with the placement of migrant workers abroad to work together towards improving the welfare of Kenyan migrant workers.

Noting that there is sustained goodwill by the Government on this matter, the Committee called on the Ministry of Labour and Social protection to expedite the on-going establishment of Bilateral Labour Agreements (BLAs).

𝐀𝐃 𝐇𝐎𝐂 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐈𝐍𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐑𝐘 𝐎𝐍 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃𝐂𝐎𝐈𝐍 𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐂𝐀𝐁𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐓 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐈𝐂𝐓 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐃𝐈𝐆𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐋 𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐎𝐌𝐘

The National Assembly’s Ad-hoc Committee of Inquiry chaired by Hon. Gabriel Tongoyo (Narok West) met with the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for Information, Communication and the Digital Economy Mr. Eliud Owalo.

The legislators sought to know among others; the Ministry’s level of awareness of the data harvesting activities, as well as any legal and regulatory frameworks that should have been observed to avert this.

𝐏𝐔𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐂 𝐃𝐄𝐁𝐓 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐙𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐄 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐅𝐄𝐃 𝐎𝐍 𝐋𝐎𝐀𝐍𝐒 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐁𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐄𝐃 𝐁𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓

The Public Debt and Privatization Committee led by the Vice-Chairperson Hon. Makali Mulu (Kitui Central), met with officials from the Office of the Auditor-General, to be briefed on loans disbursed by the Government and commitment fees.

𝐁𝐔𝐃𝐆𝐄𝐓 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐂𝐋𝐔𝐃𝐄𝐒 𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐀𝐆𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐎𝐍 𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐒𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐀𝐋𝐒

The National Assembly Budget & Appropriations Committee chaired by Hon. Ndindi Nyoro (Kiharu) has concluded a week-long engagement with Members who made proposals to amend various existings laws.  

Amongst the Bills considered by the Committee include;  Legal Education (Amendment) Bill, 2023 by Hon. Babu Owino (Embakasi East), the Horticultural Crops Bill, 2023 by Hon. Sabina Chege (Nominated), and the National Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill, 2023 by Hon. Faith Gitau (Nyandarua).