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THE STANDARD POLITICS Members of Amani National Congress (ANC) Senator Cleophas Malala (centre) Matungu MP Oscar Peter Namulandi, Tindi Mwale (right) MP Butere and other leaders address the media at Parliament buildings, Nairobi. March 30, 2021 [Elvis Ogina,Standard] A sitting president and other elected leaders don’t have to resign if they wish to contest for a position in a general election.  In a verdict which now settles the debate on whether elected leaders should vacate office in readiness for polls, High Court Judge Anthony Mrima has ruled that the law does not require the president...

THE STANDARD KENYA Nakuru Governor Lee Kinyanjui (center) flanked by Members of Nakuru county Assembly address the press after the MCA's passed the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) Amendment Bill on February 23, 2021. [Kipsang Joseph,Standard] A row is brewing between Members of County Assemblies (MCAs) and their leadership over plans to withhold 30 per cent tax on the car grants the ward reps were awarded in bid to sway them to endorse the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill (2020). This came as counties started effecting the payments amid growing criticisms from MCAs who believe the tax...

Families in Agony as they Wait for NHIF Compensation National Health and Insurance Fund (NHIF) Building in Nairobi. Monday, November 18, 2019. Simon Kiragu Kenyans.co.ke Families of civil servants who have either died or been injured in the line of duty are yet to be compensated by the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) in the past year. President Uhuru Kenyatta, in April 2020, had directed the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Public Service to develop a package that would cater to civil servants. This led to the Ksh6.3 billion insurance cover for civil servants which involves a Gro...

THE STANDARD POLITICS Members of the Kakamega County Assembly engaged in a fistfight over the tabling of a report by the Budget and Appropriations Committee, 2018. [Duncan Ocholla, Standard] A number of county assemblies and the executive are embroiled in wrangles hindering service delivery. The sour relationship has been attributed to political re-alignments ahead of 2022 elections. Some governors are facing an uphill task to win the support of the MCAs to approve nominees to fill key positions in the county government, the budget or laws. In some counties, the MCAs have threatened to impea...

MCAs allied to Majority Leader Abdi Guyo leaving the Nairobi county Assembly chambers on October 29, 2019. PHOTO | JEFF ANGOTE Nairobi Member of County Assemblies (MCAs) have threatened to send home ‘lazy’ officers from City Hall and the Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS). The threats come amid reports some Nairobi County Executive officers have failed to or delayed in implementing resolutions by MCAs as well as constantly failing to honour summons to appear before assembly committees to respond to statements raised by the county legislators. TMS officers have also come under fire for ...