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By Moses Njagih

Revenue Bill passed, Senate blames MPs for reduced county allocation

Senators burnt the midnight oil on Thursday to pass the Division of Revenue Bill, despite protests from some of them that the Sh226.66 billion was little compared to what was being retained at the national level.

By By MOSES NJAGIH 10 years ago

Revenue Bill passed, Senate blames MPs for reduced county allocation

Draft law to raise threshold of sending governors home

Draft law to raise threshold of sending governors home

By By MOSES NJAGIH 10 years ago

MPs demand action against Fly540

MPs demand action against Fly540

By By MOSES NJAGIH 10 years ago

Mild reprieve for Embu Governor Martin Wambora as team gives him more time for response

Mild reprieve for Embu Governor Martin Wambora as team gives him more time for response

By By MOSES NJAGIH 10 years ago

KMC to axe employees, restructure plant

Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Felix Koskei says the Kenya Meat Commission (KMC) processing plant is obsolete and is set for major restructuring process that will also see about half of its current staff retrenched.

By By MOSES NJAGIH 10 years ago

KMC to axe employees, restructure plant

Senators caution State against paying Anglo Leasing Sh125b

The Senate Committee on Finance has cautioned the National Assembly against giving in to the request by the Government to pay the contentious Sh125 billion for Anglo Leasing contracts.

By By MOSES NJAGIH 10 years ago

Senators caution State against paying Anglo Leasing Sh125b

It’s official, KDF to join mission

The Senate has approved the deployment of Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) for a peace-keeping mission in the volatile South Sudan.

By By MOSES NJAGIH 10 years ago

It’s official, KDF to join mission

Committee fails to end geothermal wrangles

The Senate committee on Energy met the management of the Geothermal Development Company (GDC) in a bid to end boardroom wrangles that have threatened the generation of cheaper geothermal power.

By By MOSES NJAGIH 10 years ago

Committee fails to end geothermal wrangles

Coup victims may be compensated

Senators now want all former detainees and those who were unfairly dismissed from employment in connection with the 1982 coup compensated by the Government.

By By MOSES NJAGIH 10 years ago

Coup victims may be compensated

Governors kept up to Sh30m as petty cash, Auditor General tells committee

Auditor General Edward Ouko has decried the “reckless” manner in which governors handled funds during the transition period, with some keeping up Sh30 million as petty cash.

By By MOSES NJAGIH 10 years ago

Governors kept up to Sh30m as petty cash, Auditor General tells committee

Senate wants Ahmednassir stripped of title over remarks

The Senate has questioning the suitability of the former Judicial Service Commission member Ahmednassir Abdullahi found to hold the distinguished title of Senior Counsel.

By By MOSES NJAGIH 10 years ago

Senate wants Ahmednassir stripped of title over remarks

Senate finance team cautions defiant county bosses

Members of Finance Committee of the Council of Governors failed to honour summons from the Senate Committee on Finance, prompting a strong caution by the legislators that disciplinary action could be meted against individual governors who fail to respond.

By By MOSES NJAGIH 10 years ago

Senate finance team cautions defiant county bosses

Wambora probe revealed fraud in procurement deals, says Ouko

Auditor General Edward Ouko has said a probe they conducted on the Embu County Government unearthed numerous procurement irregularities in respect to three main contracts worth Sh37 million.

By By MOSES NJAGIH 10 years ago

Wambora probe revealed fraud in procurement deals, says Ouko

Senate forms team to probe impeachment

The Senate has set up a committee which will now probe the allegations made against Embu Governor Martin Wambora and determine whether they warrant his impeachment.

By By MOSES NJAGIH 10 years ago

Senate forms team to probe impeachment

Divisions rock House watchdog over Uhuru rail stand

Divisions have rocked a parliamentary watchdog probing the controversial railway project over the response to President Uhuru Kenyatta’s declaration that the tender was aboveboard.

By By MOSES NJAGIH 10 years ago

Divisions rock House watchdog over Uhuru rail stand

Stop all the noise and work, says President on rail project

President Uhuru Kenyatta has said the construction of the standard gauge railway (SGR) will proceed, despite criticism that has prompted a probe by a parliamentary watchdog committee.

By By MOSES NJAGIH 10 years ago

Stop all the noise and work, says President on rail project

State pays Sh1.8b to ghost workers

The government could be losing as much as Sh1.8 billion annually through payment of salaries to ghost workers, President Uhuru Kenyatta has revealed.

By By MOSES NJAGIH and LUKE ANAMI 10 years ago

State pays Sh1.8b to ghost workers

We can’t probe rail project, says Public Procurement Oversight Authority

Public Procurement Oversight Authority (PPOA) Director General Maurice Juma now says his body does not have authority to probe the procurement of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project since it is a government-to-government arrangement.

By By MOSES NJAGIH 10 years ago

We can’t probe rail project, says Public Procurement Oversight Authority

MP dismisses State’s stand on rail tender

An MP has dismissed the position given by Transport Cabinet Secretary Michael Kamau that China does not encourage competitive bidding in awarding tenders.

By By MOSES NJAGIH 10 years ago

MP dismisses State’s stand on rail tender

No end to Senators, Governors turf wars

The Senate has moved to impose its oversight role over county governments, preparing a raft of legislative measures to place checks on the expenditures by Governors and their executive teams.

By By MOSES NJAGIH 10 years ago

No end to Senators, Governors turf wars

Cabinet Secretary Michael Kamau willing to be questioned on contentious railway tender

Transport Cabinet Secretary Michael Kamau has said he is willing to appear before Parliament’s watchdog committee probing the controversial standard gauge railway tender to prove its procurement was above board.

By By MOSES NJAGIH and MARGARET KANINI 10 years ago

Cabinet Secretary Michael Kamau willing to be questioned on contentious railway tender

Senate seeks to stem high county levies

The Senate wants to stem the arbitrary increase of levies by county governments.

By By MOSES NJAGIH 10 years ago

Senate seeks to stem high county levies

Senate seeks to stem high county levies

The Senate wants to stem the arbitrary increase of levies by county governments.

By By MOSES NJAGIH 10 years ago

Senate seeks to stem high county levies

Two House committees to probe railway tender

The intrigues over Parliament’s probe into the multi-billion Standard Gauge Railway tender have intensified with two committees of the National Assembly insisting on conducting independent and parallel investigations.

By By MOSES NJAGIH 10 years ago

Two House committees to probe railway tender

Senators call for shake-up of top organs as insecurity rises

Senators have urged President Uhuru Kenyatta to reshuffle top security organs, saying there was a major breakdown in the fight against insecurity in the country.

By By MOSES NJAGIH 11 years ago

Senators call for shake-up of top organs as insecurity rises

Senate creates its own service commission

The Senate has moved to create its own administrative authority, delinking itself from the administration of the National Assembly by creating its own service commission.

By By MOSES NJAGIH 11 years ago

Senate creates its own service commission

Hear AU on ICC cases, say regional MPs

A parliamentary body bringing together legislators from Africa, the Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries has lobbied State Parties to the Rome Statute to give consideration to the decision by the Africa Union to suspend trials of sitting Heads of States.

By By MOSES NJAGIH 11 years ago

Hear AU on ICC cases, say regional MPs

UK House Committee supports anti-miraa ban lobby group

The Kenya delegation in United Kingdom to lobby against the British Government intended ban on miraa received a major boost after three Committees of Parliament backed their position.

By By MOSES NJAGIH 11 years ago

UK House Committee supports anti-miraa ban lobby group

Will President renege on his word?

You occupy a special place through which you can guide public debate for the benefit, not just of the media or Government, but the whole country and all citizens.

By By MOSES NJAGIH and GEOFFREY MOSOKU 11 years ago

Will President renege on his word?

Senator Mugo narrates how her nephew met his death

Senator Beth Mugo moved the House Wednesday as she recounted her last moment with her nephew and the fiancé who perished in the Westgate attack.

By By MOSES NJAGIH 11 years ago

Senator Mugo narrates how her nephew met his death

No funds for ‘miraa’ study, says Kaimenyi

Education Cabinet Secretary Jacob Kaimenyi now says the ministry lacks sufficient funding to conduct a concrete research on the effects of miraa on education standards.

By By MOSES NJAGIH 11 years ago

No funds for ‘miraa’ study, says Kaimenyi

Jubilee senators ditch push for referendum

Jubilee Senators have withdrawn from the planned referendum in the wake of a storm caused by CORD leader Raila Odinga’s proposal to change the system of governance from presidential to parliamentary.

By By MOSES NJAGIH 11 years ago

Jubilee senators ditch push for referendum

Senators mull county referendum

Senators and the leadership of county governments now want Kenyans to go for a referendum to decide the fate of devolution.

By By MOSES NJAGIH 11 years ago

Senators mull county referendum

Senators take on Uhuru for endorsing cuts to county billions

Angry Senators will ask the Supreme Court to nullify a new law signed by President Kenyatta that limits the revenue allocated to the counties to Sh210 billion.

By By MOSES NJAGIH 11 years ago

Senators take on Uhuru for endorsing cuts to county billions

Lenku promises model security system

Internal and Coordination of National Government Cabinet Secretary Joseph ole Lenku has promised a security system responsive to crime.

By By Moses Njagih and Roselyn Obala 11 years ago

Lenku promises model security system

Farmers ignoring State directive, says Koskei

Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Felix Koskei has accused maize farmers of ignoring a directive meant to curb a viral disease.

By By MOSES NJAGIH 11 years ago

Farmers ignoring State directive, says Koskei

Ethuro dismisses Muturi’s ruling

The battle for supremacy between the Senate and the National Assembly has reached new heights threatening to affect the policy and legislative decisions of Parliament.

By By MOSES NJAGIH 11 years ago

Ethuro dismisses Muturi’s ruling

Standard Group ‘Stand’ campaign wins global award

A campaign rolled out by The Standard Group in the run up to the last General Election has won an award.

By By MOSES NJAGIH 11 years ago

Standard Group ‘Stand’ campaign wins global award

Senators throw harsh words at MPs in supremacy battle

Senators have dismissed as “childish” the supremacy battle being waged by MPs against them, saying they will demonstrate that they are members of the “Upper House”.

By By MOSES NJAGIH 11 years ago

Senators throw harsh words at MPs in supremacy battle

Senate: Government to inherit councils’ debt

The Senate has passed a motion to have the National Government inherit major debts that had been incurred by former councils.

By By Moses Njagih 11 years ago

Senate: Government to inherit councils’ debt

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