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Standard Team |
January 27th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Deputy President William Ruto with Mandera county assembly members at his official residence in Karen, Nairobi.
The battle for the passage of the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill now moves to county assemblies after electoral agency cleared over a million signatures for the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI).
Approval of 1.1 million signatures of the 4.4 million submitted to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) sets in motion the process to change the Constitution.
At least 24 assemblies of the 47 are required to pass the Bill before it goes to the National Assembly.
Yesterday s development comes amidst growing disquiet in President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Mt Kenya backyard even as he prepares to hold a meeting this weekend at Sagana Lodge with the region s political leadership.
Kang’ata: Jubilee Now Using EACC To Intimidate Me After Tangatanga Thwarted De-whipping Plot
Murang’a senator Irungu Kang’ata is convinced that the ongoing probe into his law firm by EACC is an intimidation tactic by Jubilee Party over his controversial open letter to Uhuru Kenyatta.
The anti-corruption commission is investigating Mr Kang’ata and 24 other law firms over possible fraud in billing the Nairobi County government exorbitant legal charges for the period between 2013 and 2020.
Kang’ata is said to have received Sh3.3 million from City Hall in 2018.
The Senate Majority Whip Irungu Kang’ata, however, says the probe is the next intimidation scheme after the ruling party failed to de-whip him.
EACC Opens Investigations Into Kang ata s Firm
Senate Majority Chief Whip Irungu Kang ata addresses journalist in 2019
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The Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission (EACC) has launched investigations into dealings between a law firm associated with Senate Majority Whip Irungu Kang ata and the Nairobi City County Government.
EACC in a letter to the Nairobi County Secretary requested case files for matters handled by Kang ata s law firm along with 24 other firms for the period between 2013 and 2020.
The agency stated that the basis of the probe was a review of the legal fees paid by the county to the firms for the last seven years.
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Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani.
Nairobi County will get the largest share of the Sh370 billion equitable share among the country’s 47 devolved units in the next financial year.
According to proposals by the Commission of Revenue Allocation (CRA) that factors in the Sh53.5 billion pledged by President Uhuru Kenyatta after the Senate standoff on the shareable formula, Nairobi’s figures increased by Sh3.3 billion to Sh 15.9 billion.
Apart from Nairobi, Nakuru County’s share will also shoot up to Sh13 billion from the current Sh10.4 billion while Kiambu will get additional Sh2.2 billion up from Sh9.4 billion.