The Senate Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Committee, chaired by Nyeri County Senator Wahome , MP, held a meeting today to consider the stakeholders submissions on the legislative proposal on the Sugar Bill, 2022, (National Assembly Bill No. 34) with keen deliberation of all proposed ammendments as received.

The Senate Committee on Information, Communication and Technology has urged Governors to adopt county laws and regulations that govern own-source revenue collection and management.  

This comes after the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) informed the Senators that most counties don’t have the requisite legal and regulatory policy framework that administer their revenue collection and management. 

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞, 𝐍𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐢

𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟏𝟗 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒

This morning, the two Speakers of the Houses of Parliament, the Rt. Hon. (Dr.) Moses Wetang’ula (National Assembly), the Rt. Hon. Amason Kingi (Senate) witnessed as His Excellency the President, Dr. William Ruto, CGH assented to the Affordable Housing Bill (National Assembly) Bill 75 of 2023.

This morning, the Senate Committee on County Public Investments and Special Funds convened with Laikipia Governor Joshua Irungu. Under the leadership of Vihiga Senator Godfrey Osotsi, the Committee meticulously examined the Auditor-General's reports on three county funds: the Laikipia County Bursary Fund, the Laikipia County Emergency Fund, and the Laikipia County Assets Leasing Fund, covering the fiscal period of 2020-2022.

In a decisive move, the Senate has voted to remove Kisii Deputy Governor Dr Robert Monda from office over a series of grave misconduct allegations. The impeachment followed voting by Senators, who upheld all four charges levelled against Monda: gross violation of the Constitution or law, abuse of office, gross misconduct and crimes under national law.