Three Governors out of the five invited for a stakeholders consultative meeting to deliberate on implementation of projects funded by Conditional Grant on Supplement for Construction of County Headquarters in their Counties failed to show up for a meeting which was held today at Jacaranda Hotel, Nairobi County. 

The Care and Protection of Child Parent Bill, 2023 Sponsored by Senator Miraj Abdillahi has passed the second reading today, the principal objective of the Bill is to provide a legal framework for the care and protection of child parents within the counties. The framework is intended to ensure that an expectant underage girl or a child parent may actualize their right to basic education and at the same time ensure proper care of their children as enshrined in Article 53 of the Constitution which states that Every child has the right to free and compulsory basic education.

Nairobi City County Governor, Johnson Sakaja failed to honour summons of Senate Committee on Roads, Transportation and Housing for a record six times. 

The Senate Committee invited the Nairobi City Governor for the first time on 30th November, 2022. One year down the line, the Governor has never showed up at the committee meetings despite being invited and later summoned. 

"Kajiado County Governor, Joseph Ole Oleku is hereby fined Ksh. 500,000/- for failure to appear before this Committee after summons had been issued, the fine is suspended until Thursday 30th, November, 2023 at 11am." ordered the Chairperson of Roads, Infrastructure and Transportation, Kiambu Senator, Karungo Thangwa.

The committee was supposed to meet with the Governor, Kajiado County in regards to the petition concerning access to title deeds for properties bought at Jamii Bora Estate, Kisaju, Kajiado County.

The Senate Committee on Trade, Industrialization and Tourism led by the Vice Chairperson Sen. Esther Okenyuri is conducting a County Visit in Busia to look into matters Trade, Industrialization and Tourism in the County. The visit kicked off with a Courtesy call to the Office of the Governor, H.E. Dr. Paul Otuoma. 

The curtains of the twenty-seventh ordinary executive committee session of the Forum of Parliaments of Members States of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (FP-ICGLR) came to a close today with Mandera Senator having the last bite of the cherry to bid farewell to the delegates.