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𝐎𝐔𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐆𝐄 𝐀𝐒 𝐉𝐎𝐁𝐒𝐄𝐄𝐊𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐘𝐀𝐋 𝐈𝐍 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐄-𝐋𝐄𝐃 𝐆𝐔𝐋𝐅 𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐘𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐃𝐑𝐈𝐕𝐄

In December 2024, optimism filled the air at Kabete National Polytechnic and KICC, where hundreds of jobseekers gathered, hoping to secure life-changing jobs abroad. They had responded to calls for recruitment under the Diaspora Jobs Programme, a flagship initiative of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection and the National Employment Authority (NEA).

 

𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐋𝐘 𝐓𝐎 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇𝐃𝐑𝐀𝐖𝐀𝐋 𝐎𝐅 𝐏𝐔𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐂 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓 (𝐌𝐎𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐂𝐘𝐂𝐋𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐔𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍) 𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐋, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑

The National Assembly is set to consider a Motion to withdrawal of the Public Transport (Motorcycle Regulation) Bill (Senate Bill No. 38 of 2023), following a formal request by the Senate, prompted by public concerns over the Bill's contents.

In a communication delivered to the House on Wednesday, 23rd April 2025, the Speaker of the National Assembly, Hon. Moses Wetang’ula, informed Members that the Senate had formally requested the cessation of further consideration of the Bill, which had been sponsored by the Senator for Kakamega County, Sen. (Dr.) Boni Khalwale.

𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐋𝐘 𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐘 𝐆𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐌𝐍𝐄𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐃𝐃𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐎𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐓𝐎 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐃𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐈𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐄𝐒

The National Assembly has passed the County Governments Additional Allocations Bill (Senate Bill No. 1 of 2025), paving the way for the disbursement of Ksh. 50.5 billion in additional funds to counties for the 2024/25 financial year.

The Bill provides for the transfer of both conditional and unconditional allocations from the National Government and development partners to all 47 county governments, in a bid to strengthen devolved service delivery and support county functions as provided under Articles 202(2) and 190 of the Constitution.

𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐒 𝐏𝐀𝐓𝐇 𝐓𝐎𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓, 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐄 𝐄𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐘 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐂𝐄𝐃𝐔𝐑𝐀𝐋 𝐑𝐄𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌

In a spirited closing to the Senate Liaison Committee Retreat in Mombasa, Deputy Speaker and Liaison Committee Chair, Sen. Kathuri Murungi (Meru) reaffirmed the Senate’s constitutional duty to safeguard devolution while calling for enhanced committee efficiency, improved fiscal resourcing and greater accountability in implementing House resolutions.

 

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