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𝐖𝐄 𝐃𝐎𝐍'𝐓 𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐍𝐔𝐂𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐑 𝐏𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐑 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐈𝐍 𝐔𝐘𝐎𝐌𝐁𝐎 𝐕𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐀𝐆𝐄, 𝐒𝐀𝐘 𝐏𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐒

"Poverty has pushed Kilifi County residents to terrorism extremism, nuclear power plant in Kilifi will aggravate the problem. Ksh. 500 billion that is intended to putting up a nuclear power plant in Uyombo village, should be invested in making the lives of Kilifi County residents better." Said Boniface Mwangi, Land and Environment Defenders Activists representative.

 

𝐂𝐒 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐑 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐎 𝐕𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐀𝐊𝐀𝐒𝐈 𝐆𝐀𝐒 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍

Energy Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir has assured the Senate that the victims of the recent gas explosion in Embakasi, Nairobi, will receive compensation. 

 

The CS told Members of Energy Committee that the matter of compensation of the victims is under consideration but cautioned that the matter could be delayed because disaster management is not under is docket.

 

𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐂𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐙𝐄𝐃 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐔𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐆𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐒𝐘𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐁𝐋𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐈𝐅𝐌𝐈𝐒 𝐈𝐒 𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐀𝐋, 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐈𝐂𝐓 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐄 𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐋 𝐆

The Senate Committee on Information, Communication and Technology has urged county governments to integrate their revenue collection and management systems to be compatible with the national Government’s revenue management system. 

 

This comes after the Controller of Budget (Dr.) Margaret Nyakang’o informed the Senators that many counties have developed customized revenue management systems through private developers, which aren’t based on the Standard Charts of Accounts and aren’t compatible with the Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS). 

𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑-𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐃 𝐕𝐈𝐎𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐊𝐄𝐍𝐘𝐀𝐍 𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐒 𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐂𝐑𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐘

Today, the Senate Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs, and Human Rights, chaired by Senator Wakili Hillary Sigei, questioned commissioners from the National Gender and Equality Commission (NGEC) in response to a statement by Senator Hamida Kibwana. This statement raised concerns about gender-based violence in the Kenyan political arena.

 

𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐅𝐀𝐑-𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐅𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐋

The Senate Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs, and Human Rights, led by Senator Wakili Hillary Sigei of Bomet, has begun deliberations on a major Conflict of Interest Bill (2023). The bill, introduced by National Assembly Majority Leader Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah, was passed by the National Assembly and sent to the Senate for further consideration.

 

𝐂𝐒 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬

The Government takes into consideration a mix of skills and competencies when making appointments for individuals to serve in the Boards of Sugar factories, a Cabinet Secretary has told Senate.

Mr Mithika Linturi, the Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture and Livestock Development, told the lawmakers that the recruitment of managing directors is guided by the approved human resource instruments of the respective sugar factories.

 

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