Senate to grill assemblies over financial irregularities
Several county assemblies will be required to appear before the Senate within the next 90 days to explain audit failures and persistent financial irregularities. This…
Category: Governance and Opinion
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…
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…
MPs on the security committee heard that over 5,600 processed IDs remain uncollected in Sotik, as staff cite low funding, poor infrastructure and policy gaps slowing vital registration services.
Activists threaten citizen arrest against energy CS Opiyo Wandayi over oil saga
By Maurice Momanyi A group of activists has threatened citizen arrest against Energy Cabinet Secretary Opiyo Wandayi next Tuesday over his refusal to appear before…
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…
MPs surcharge Tharaka TVET Sh170,000 over irregular board allowances
The Bumula MP Jack Wamboka led National Assembly’s Public Investments Committee on Governance and Education has surcharged Tharaka Technical and Vocational College Sh170,000 over irregular…
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…
Recurrent spending concerns rise over Sh100 million Maritime Academy allocation
The State Department for Shipping and Maritime Affairs has defended its revised budget under the Financial Year 2025/2026 Supplementary Estimates I, highlighting an additional Sh100…