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April 23rd 2021 at 08:00:00 GMT +0300 The 2022 General Election is just a stone throw away. Those eyeing various seats are positioning themselves in readiness for the murky campaigns while the incumbent are nervous to death. Of particular interest to political observers are governors, who have concluded their tenure in office having served the constitutionally permitted two term limit but are still in their prime ages. They are unlikely to retreat into political oblivion at a time the country is heading into its fourth republic. These governors, who hold a lot of sway in regional politics, i...

Nairobi MCAs Slash NMS Budget by Ksh6 Billion NMS Director-General Mohammed Badi speaking in Mombasa on January 29, 2021. Twitter Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) Director-General, Mohamed Badi is set to work with a fixed budget in his quest to transform Nairobi County, after MCAs slashed his funds by Ksh6 billion.  NMS will be allocated Ksh21.18billion in the financial year 2021/22 from Ksh27.1 billion in the year ending June 2021.  The MCAs allocated themselves Ksh39.6 billion, Ksh2 billion extra from Ksh37.7 billion in the past year.  As detailed in the County Fiscal Strategy Paper, ...

Nairobi assembly cuts NMS budget by Sh6bn Thursday April 22 2021 By COLLINS OMULO Summary Nairobi County Assembly has slashed Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) budget for the financial year ending June 30, 2022 by Sh5.92 billion. This even as the MCAs awarded themselves Sh2 billion more in the revised budget. In the new budget projections, the overall spending was increased by Sh1.9 billion to Sh39.6 billion from the current Sh37.7 billion. Nairobi County Assembly has slashed Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) budget for the financial year ending June 30, 2022 by Sh5.92 billion. This even ...

The MCAs had at the end of last year and the turn of this year asked to submit priority infrastructure projects to the NMS for implementation. They complained that even after doing so, the commencement of the said projects was taking longer than expected. “It is a great concern to the members who submitted the projects that the commencement of the implementation of the said projects is taking longer than expected despite the passage and assent of the Appropriations Act,” said Ngei Ward MCA Redson Otieno. Further, the MCA said that once NMS took over four key Nairobi County government func...

Raila wins big as BBI set to sail smooth in Parliament, may skip referendum By Kamotho Waiganjo via fb The BBI train finally entered its critical stage last week with the transmission of the Constitution of Kenya (amendment) Bill, 2020 to the County Assemblies. The assemblies have three months to either reject or accept the Bill in its entirety. Baba’s County did him proud by being the first assembly to say yes. I would be surprised if the Bill does not get approval by the requisite 24 counties in the next few weeks. Even if there were no car allowance sweeteners, there are enough goodies t...