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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 of the the family’s position as the basic unit of the society. The Cabinet noted that the curricul...

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 government as conditional allocation, and a further Sh32.3 billion in loans and grants from developm...

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 Ndung'u 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 supplementary budget tabled in the House by Budget and Appropriation Committee Chairperson Joel Karuri and p...

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 deal and approved the new revenue-sharing law that had stalled the passage of the County Allocation ...