NAIROBI, 8^th April – The marketing of the Sputnik V vaccine by appointed distributors together with its irregular deployment led to its suspension, the Senate Committee on Health heard.

The National Assembly yesterday voted to proceed on recess until on Tuesday, 4^th May, 2021 at 2.30p.m, when the House will resume to continue with the First Part of the Session. The resolution was contained in a Motion moved by the Leader of the Majority in the National Assembly, Hon. (Dr.) Amos Kimunya seeking to suspend the Ordinary House Sittings from yesterday 30^th March, 2021.

NAIROBI, 23^rd March – Sen Agnes Kavindu Muthama took Oath of Office as Senator for Machakos County, administered by the Speaker of the Senate, Rt Hon Kenneth Lusaka in the Senate Chamber.

NAIROBI, 17^th March – Health worker representative groups have today expressed full support for the vaccine rollout by the Government but have in the same breath decried lack of inclusivity and poor messaging on the part of Ministry of Health (MoH).

MOMBASA, 9^th March – Senate Leadership projects that the constitutional review process and consequential legislation thereof, shall have a huge and direct bearing on the legislative output of the Fifth Session.

The Parliamentary Service Commission has adopted performance contracting for senior staff in a bid to embrace best practices in human resource management, a move the Commission says could be cascaded to junior cadre staff in the long term.

Honourable Senators, I wish to make the following Communication regarding the status of delivery by the County Assemblies to the Speakers of the two Houses of Parliament their decisions on the draft Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, 2020.

A Parliamentary caucus has proposed a raft of radical reforms to inject realism and fiscal discipline in the budgeting process, and to ensure the national debt remains at sustainable levels.

Speaking during a 2-day stakeholders engagement forum in Mombasa County this weekend, the Parliamentary Caucus on Economy and Business also rooted for the need to enhance the independence of the national debt office and the strengthening of budget implementation monitoring and evaluation framework and for the execution of House resolution.

The National Assembly’s Budget and Appropriations Committee chaired by the Hon. Kanini Kega (Kieni), in a joint sitting with the House’s Liaison Committee(Chairpersons Committee); chaired by Deputy Speaker, the Hon. Moses Cheboi (Kuresoi North), have this weekend convened a pre-budget review conference with various government agencies in Mombasa County. The two-day forum is scheduled to deliberate on the status of implementation of the budget for the Financial Year 2020/2021, as well as review the 2021/2022 budget proposals.

Honourable Members, it is with deep sorrow that I wish to notify the House of the untimely passing on of the Member for Bonchari Constituency, the Hon. John Oroo Oyioka, MP, who passed on yesterday, Monday 15^th February 2021 while undergoing treatment at Aga Khan Hospital, Kisumu.

NAIROBI | 4th Feb – The Clerk of the Senate, Mr Jeremiah Nyegenye has today asked the Secretariat he leads, to roll up their sleeves in readiness for what is expected to be the busiest Senate Session, owing to among other processes, the landmark ruling on Constitutional Petition No. 284 of 2019.

Pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 29 (1), the National Assembly is set to hold Special morning and afternoon Sittings, commencing at 10.00am and at 2.30pm respectively on December 22, 2020.

This follows a request by the Leader of the Majority Party to the Speaker to hold Special Sittings of the House, which the Speaker of the  National Assembly, Hon. Justin Muturi acceded to.

COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIR

DEMISE OF SENATOR BONIFACE MUTINDA KABAKA, MP, THE SENATOR FOR MACHAKOS COUNTY

Honourable Senators,