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Jubilee Party Secretary General Raphael Tuju addresses journalists at KICC in Nairobi after Jubilee parliamentary group meeting yesterday. [David Njaaga, Standard]
Murang’a Senator Irungu Kang’ata is the latest casualty in President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Jubilee Party purge against MPs perceived to be disloyal, as he was fired from his Majority Whip seat.
And now the guns have been trained on nominated MP David Sankok, another key ally of the Deputy President William Ruto, following Monday’s purge of the nominated senators of similar political leaning. The senators yesterday got a reprieve after the Political Parties’ Tribunal suspended their expulsion.
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Kamau Muthoni |
February 3rd 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Speakers Justin Muturi (
pictured) and Ken Lusaka must agree on the fate of the Finance Act to avoid plunging the country s budget cycle into a crisis.
It was among 24 laws the High Court declared unconstitutional.
The National Assembly had asked the Court of Appeal to suspend the High Court order without which, it says, financial statements cannot be tabled in the House.
The Court of Appeal reached the decision after lawyers of the two houses of Parliament failed to agree on suspension of the High Court order.
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The court declined to intervene and left the matter to National Assembly s Muturi and Lusaka of the Senate.
THE STANDARD By
Standard Team |
January 27th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Deputy President William Ruto with Mandera county assembly members at his official residence in Karen, Nairobi.
The battle for the passage of the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill now moves to county assemblies after electoral agency cleared over a million signatures for the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI).
Approval of 1.1 million signatures of the 4.4 million submitted to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) sets in motion the process to change the Constitution.
At least 24 assemblies of the 47 are required to pass the Bill before it goes to the National Assembly.
Yesterday s development comes amidst growing disquiet in President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Mt Kenya backyard even as he prepares to hold a meeting this weekend at Sagana Lodge with the region s political leadership.
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National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani at a past briefing. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]
The National Treasury has admitted it is two months behind in releasing county funds.
Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani said the government had released Sh133 billion to county governments so far this financial year. He said of the transfers, Sh120.2 billion was the equitable share while conditional grants was Sh13 billion.
Responding to governors who had warned that services at the counties were grinding to halt after the Treasury failed to disburse funds for four months, Yatani said it was only two months that the Treasury had not released the funds. He said this was due to the adverse effects of coronavirus that had hurt revenue collection.
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Activist Okiya Omtatah challenging the use of the late Mzee JomoKenyatta statute on the new currency. [File, Standard]
As Kenyans usher in the New Year and the political destiny largely lies in the hands of President Uhuru Kenyatta, Deputy President William Ruto and ODM leader Raila Odinga will likely play a key role in shaping the upcoming events.
While the President and Raila are fully committed to the passage of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report, Dr Ruto has been of a contrary view on the urgency to change the Constitution.
With a new party, United Democratic Alliance (UDA) linked to Ruto in the offing, according to his allies, it remains to be seen how he will navigate the stormy water in his ruling Jubilee Party and the place of Jubilee Asili Centre, a parallel office he opened in June.