Counties on the spot over Sh32.3 billion pending bills crisis
County governments have been put on notice over the growing accumulation and poor disclosure of pending bills, with a parliamentary committee warning that the situation…
Category: Counties
Counties faulted over ethnic imbalance, failure to meet PWD hiring quotas
County governments are on the spot over widespread non-compliance with laws on ethnic diversity and inclusion, following findings by a parliamentary committee that point to…
School feeding programme faces Sh6.6bn shortfall, MPs told
The Bumula MP, Jack Wamboka led-National Assembly’s Public Investments Committee on Governance and Education has raised alarm over a severe funding shortfall in the school…
Sakaja defies Senate, hit with Sh500,000 fine and arrest order
The Senate County Public Accounts Committee, chaired by Moses Kajwang’, has slapped Johnson Sakaja with a Sh500,000 fine and directed Douglas Kanja to arrest him…
Senate Committee questions Bomet’s handling of Climate Funds
The office of the auditor general has raised glaring gaps in the county government of Bomet in the Bomet County Climate Change Fund raising concerns…
Stalled projects, bloated wage bill exposed at Rongo University MPs told
Fresh audit disclosures tabled before the Public Investment Committee on Governance and Education have put Rongo University under scrutiny over budget performance, staffing compliance, delayed…
Governors call for Senate talks over committee oversight issues
The Council of Governors (CoG) has formally requested urgent engagement with the Senate over concerns regarding the operations and conduct of its oversight committees, with…
We will not bow down and we will not be cowed, we soldier on – Senators to Governors
A standoff has erupted between senators sitting in the Senate County Public Accounts Committee and the Council of Governors after the governors accused the committee…
PSC Commissioner Ameso donates Sh3 Million to support needy students
Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) Commissioner Racheal Ameso has committed more than Sh3 million to support the education of 300 day-school students from Kakamega County. The…
Senate CPAC Queries Governor Barchok over Sh14.5m Payroll Variance
The Auditor-General (OAG) has raised concerns over several financial irregularities in the Bomet County Government’s accounts for the year ended 30 June 2025, citing unsupported balances, payroll discrepancies, and unreconciled transfers running into hundreds of millions of shillings.