MPs Issue Ultimatum to Counties on BBI
County assemblies have continued to delay their submissions claiming they have 90 days to come to a final decision.
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County assemblies have continued to delay their submissions claiming they have 90 days to come to a final decision.
There is real need for the government to cut down on recurrent expenditure; close all corruption loopholes and institute serious austerity measures.
THE STANDARD By James Munyeki | February 11th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 Nyandarua County Assembly Speaker Ndegwa Wahome. [Boniface Okendo, Standard] Nyandarua County Assembly Speaker Ndegwa Wahome was Tuesday impeached for a second time over allegations of gross misconduct. Twenty-six ward representatives voted to remove him from office. Four MCAs voted against the impeachment motion. In December, last year, Wahome survived the first impeachment motion supported by 39 MCAs after he rushed to court to challenge their decision, claiming they had failed to follow due process. MCAs suspended T...
THE STANDARD By Kamau Muthoni | February 9th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga during the National launch of the BBI signatures collection exercise at KICC in Nairobi County. The High Court yesterday blocked the Independent Elections and Boundaries Commission from subjecting the Building Bridges Initiative Bill to a referendum, throwing the Constitution changing process in limbo. Justices Joel Ngugi, George Odunga, Jairus Ngaah, Janet Mulwa and Chacha Mwita, however, ordered that the process to pass the bill to amend the 2010 Constitution can co...
Raila Shrugs Off Support From Mt Kenya MPs ODM leader Raila Odinga addresses the media at a past event Twitter ODM Leader Raila Odinga has shrugged off claims by a section of Members of Parliament from the Mount Kenya region over alleged unwillingness to market him in the region. The former premier was making reference to a letter the legislators wrote to President Uhuru Kenyatta stating that they are not ready to popularise 'Baba' in the Mt Kenya region. While addressing the media on January 30, 2021, the ODM leader stated that he had not assigned any persons duties to market him in Central ...