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Increased expenditure on sitting allowances come at a time when counties missed on their shareable revenue allocation in some months.

THE STANDARD NAIROBI Invited for vetting, Nairobi county deputy governor nominee Ann Kananu. The Nairobi County Assembly will now vet Deputy Governor nominee Anne Kananu next Friday, assembly clerk Edward Gichana has announced in an advertisement. In  the advert, Gichana invites the  public members  to attend the approval hearing and submit views on Kananu's suitability. More comments on her candidature may be submitted by January 14. Kananu isinvited to collect the vetting forms from the office of the county assembly clerk today. The deputy governor nominee's saga started on January 6,...

MCA allowances fall by Sh25,000 in three months to September Wednesday December 30 2020 By JOHN MUTUA Summary The Controller of Budget (CoB) report for the period shows an MCA earned an average of Sh53,957 in the period compared to Sh79,156 in the three months to September last year. The drop came at a time Covid-19 restrictions that included bans on social gatherings and a directive to work from home disrupted sittings at the county assemblies and denied MCAs the chance to increase their monthly pay. The average pay in sitting allowances for Members of County Assemblies (MCAs) fell by Sh25,1...

THE STANDARD By Nathan Ochunge | December 21st 2020 at 11:54:21 GMT +0300 Senate Speaker Kenneth Lusaka [Elvis Ogina, Standard] Senate Speaker Kenneth Lusaka is appealing to governors to foster good working relationships with ward reps in order to stem the current wave of impeachments in the country. Lusaka wants the county bosses to embrace dialogue with the MCAs and stop chest-thumping if at all they want to continue to stay in office. The Speaker was reacting to the impeachment of Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko by the Nairobi County Assembly, which the senate stamped authority to his remova...

KENYA: Church Calls for Consensus on Contentious Issues in BBI By Njoki Githinji NAIROBI, DECEMBER 11, 2020 (CISA) – The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) has called for continued discussion on the contentious issues in the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) so that an agreement can be reached among stakeholders ahead of the referendum. “We propose a continued focus on consensus building to bring everyone on board. This is important as citizens of one country who want to approach the referendum united and soberly even though we might have different positions,” they said in a De...