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County Assembly Forum (CAF) Chairman Ndegwa Wahome has termed Section 22 of the Election Act unconstitutional. [File, Standard]
For the longest time, leaders were thought to be born, an idea that propagated the existence of monarchs for centuries.
However, research has shown that leaders are made through self-development, experiences and training.
The Elections Act 2012 will require aspirants eyeing positions of MP and MCA to be degree holders.
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Although the law was enacted before the 2017 General Election, MPs pushed its implementation to 2022, stalling the process for them to acquire degrees.
For many leaders without the required academic papers, the law is seen as a means to “subvert the will of the people”.
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Dominic Omondi |
February 27th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
The taxman has deflated the spirits of Members of County Assemblies after confirming that the car grants they received from the State will be taxed.
In an advisory to the chairman of the Council of Governors (CoG) Chairman Martin Wambora, the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) said the loan, which had been converted into a grant following a presidential decree, would attract a 30 per cent income tax before hitting the accounts of MCAs.
“On the issue of ‘car grant,’ since it is payable to the said employees in form of cash, it therefore qualifies as income from employment as ‘other allowances ,” said KRA’s Commissioner of Domestic Taxes Rispah Simiyu.
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Nairobi MCAs Allocate Ksh246M for Car Grant
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Nairobi County MCAs allocated Ksh 264 million for car grants in the 2020/21 supplementary budget tabled before the County Assembly on Thursday, February 18.
The lawmakers said that they were following the presidential pronouncement where President Kenyatta announced MCAs will get a Ksh 2 million car grant in what was seen as an incentive to pass the BBI initiative.
The amount was included in the Ksh 2 billion Nairobi County budget proposal with Ksh 1.4 billion going to recurrent expenditure and Ksh 600 million for development. In the supplementary budget, Ksh 171 million was set aside for clearing pending bills as a result of suspended payments.