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The Treasury has forestalled a fallout with the World Bank over delay in releasing cash to help counties improve accounting, audit, and procurement systems.

THE STANDARD BUSINESS NEWS By PSCU | April 30th 2021 The signing of the Division of Revenue Bill, 2021 into law by President Uhuru Kenyatta paves the way for the enactment of the County Allocation of Revenue Bill, 2021 and the Appropriation Act, 2021/22. [PSCU] President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday assented to the Division of Revenue Bill, 2021. The signing of the Division of Revenue Bill, 2021 into law by President Kenyatta paves the way for the enactment of the County Allocation of Revenue Bill...

THE STANDARD By Josphat Thiongó | March 17th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 Director-General Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) Major General Mohammed Badi during a past event in Nairobi recently. [File, Standard] Members of County Assembly have put the Nairobi Metropolitan Service (NMS) on notice over failure to submit quarterly reports over the expenditure of funds allocated by City Hall for the past nine months. The assembly now wants the Mohammed Badi-led institution to appear before differ...

MCAs now want to grill NMS officers on funds allocated Wednesday March 17 2021 By COLLINS OMULO Summary Members of County Assembly (MCAs) now want Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) officials to appear before various committees to respond to queries on expenditure of its allocations. The ward representatives raised concerns that the Major General Mohamed Badi-led agency had failed to submit quarterly reports for the past nine months as is required by law. Members of County Assembly (MCAs) now ...

Officers from NMS have been appearing before the Senate where they have been responding to queries on expenditure.

The Children Bill 2020 among 14 approved by Cabinet Shares The Cabinet has considered and approved the Children Bill, 2020, among 14 bills sent to the National Assembly. The Bill seeks to address the increased vulnerability of children in Kenya. Broken families and community systems have been associated with the increased vulnerability of children. The Cabinet meeting chaired by President Uhuru Kenyatta, approved the bill, in an effort to promote the wellness of the country while being mindful ...

THE STANDARD By Roselyne Obala | February 21st 2021 at 00:30:33 GMT +0300 Nairobi county Assembly plenary during a debate. [Samson Wire, Standard] Nairobi County will get the lion’s share of the proposed Sh409.8 billion that will be allocated to counties in the next budget, should Parliament give its approval. In the draft County Allocation of Revenue Bill, 2021, the devolved units will get Sh370 billion as their equitable share of revenue raised nationally, Sh7.5 billion from the national ...

A report by the Controller of Budget Margaret Nyakang'o said Kirinyaga met its own-source-revenue(OSR) target during the first three months after collecting Sh92 million.

THE STANDARD By Kennedy Gachuhi | January 2nd 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 Nakuru County Assembly Budget and Appropriation Committee chair Joel Karuri (centre) with his vice-chair Anthony Rotich (Right) and Majority leader Moses Ndungu enter the assembly on August 19, 2020. [File, Standard] Nakuru County Assembly has passed a supplementary budget allowing the executive to spend an additional Sh208 million on health workers this financial year. The allocation is part of a Sh727 million supplemen...

Impeachments, revenue sharing formula wrangle top Parliament business Tuesday December 29 2020 By EDWIN MUTAI Summary The Senate was for months divided on grounds that the new formula that places more weight on population would deny less populous counties billions of shillings. It took the Senate a record 10 failed attempts to break the revenue sharing impasse that culminated in the retention of the old formula that has been used for the last five years. In September, Senators finally struck a ...