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No Charlatans Will Be Allowed To Operate In Kenya, Public Work Ps Assures Housing Committee

The State Department for Public Works led by the Principal Secretary (PS), Mr. Joel Arumonyang has assured the Committee on Housing, Urban Planning and Public Works that only registered and qualified individuals will be allowed to operate in Kenyaโ€™s construction industry in an effort to reduce the rising cases of building collapses should the proposed National Construction (Amendment) Bill, 2025 sail through.The proposed Bill by the State Department for Public Works seeks to change and strengthe...

Parliament Begins Funeral Arrangements for Late Ol Kalou MP Hon. David Kiaraho

Parliament Begins Funeral Arrangements for Late Ol Kalou MP Hon. David KiarahoRunda, Nairobi CountySunday, March 29, 2026The Parliament of Kenya has commenced funeral preparations for the late Ol Kalou Legislator, Hon. David Njuguna Kiaraho.Hon. Kiaraho passed away on Sunday morning while receiving treatment at a Nairobi hospital. A team of lawmakers visited the late legislatorโ€™s home in Runda, Nairobi, where they condoled with the family and began coordinating funeral arrangements. In...

There was no order for Speaker Wetang'ula to resign from Ford Kenya: rules court of appeal

There was no order for Speaker Wetang'ula to resign from Ford Kenya: rules court of appealA three-judge bench has today clarified that there was no High Court order requiring the National Assembly Speaker to resign from Leadership of the Ford Kenya Party.The Bench, sitting at the Court of Appeal in ...

State Department urges Committee to enhance funding to unlock operationalization of new administrative units

State Department urges Committee to enhance funding to unlock operationalization of new administrative units๐“๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ญ๐ก ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌThe State Department for Internal Security and National Administration is seeking Ksh. 2.5 billion to facilitate the implementa...

Supplementary Appropriation Bill assented to unlocking additional funds for education, health and security sectors

Supplementary Appropriation Bill assented to unlocking additional funds for education, health and security sectors๐“๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“President William Ruto has signed into law the Supplementary Appropriation Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 8 of 2025), paving the way for addition...

Supplementary Appropriation Bill assented to unlocking additional funds for education, health and security sectors

Supplementary Appropriation Bill assented to unlocking additional funds for education, health and security sectors๐“๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“President William Ruto has signed into law the Supplementary Appropriation Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 8 of 2025), paving the way for addition...

KEWOPA pushes for two-thirds gender rule representation

KEWOPA pushes for two-thirds gender rule representation๐๐š๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฌ๐ก๐š, ๐๐š๐ค๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ.๐“๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–๐ญ๐ก, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“.The Kenya Women Parliamentary Association (KEWOPA), has resolved to embrace the County Assembly gender principle on two-thirds to ensure that gender parity is achieved in...

KEWOPA and IPF hold strategic meeting with parliamentary staff to strengthen gender and health advocacy

KEWOPA and IPF hold strategic meeting with parliamentary staff to strengthen gender and health advocacy๐—ก๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ถ, ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ถ ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐˜† ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿณ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ The Kenya Women Parliamentary Association (KEWOPA) and the Institute of Public Finance (IPF) held a strategic meeti...

National Assembly passes County Governments Additional Allocations Bill unlocking funds for Counties

National Assembly passes County Governments Additional Allocations Bill unlocking funds for Counties๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ The National Assembly has passed the County Governments Additional Allocations Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 2 of...

Selection Panel Shortlists Candidates for IEBC Chairperson and Member Positions

Selection Panel Shortlists Candidates for IEBC Chairperson and Member Positions๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“The Selection Panel responsible for recruiting nominees for appointment as Chairperson and members of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has released the names o...

Speaker Wetangโ€™ula launches new Muslim prayer room

Speaker Wetangโ€™ula launches new Muslim prayer room In a gesture to demonstrate a commitment to religious inclusivity, the Speaker of the National Assembly, Rt. Hon. (Dr.) Moses Wetangโ€™ula last evening presided over the opening of a new dedicated Muslim prayer room at Parliament Buildings.The oc...