PRESIDENT RUTO’S APPOINTMENT OF 50 CAS DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL
President William Ruto’s appointment of 50 Chief Administrative Secretaries (CAS) as unconstitutional
7MN KENYANS REMOVED FROM CRB BLACKLIST
Speaking on Sunday during a church service in Molo, Nakuru County, Ruto said he had kept his word to deepen financial inclusion. “We have made that commitment come true. Seven million Kenyans who were blacklisted in CRB all of them have been removed,” Ruto said. Ruto had promised to have at least four million Kenyans…
FUEL PRICES AS 16 PER CENT VAT TAKES EFFECT
The new pump prices were set to skyrocket in line with the 16 percent VAT that the Kenya kwanza administration is set to levy on petroleum products. President William Ruto signed the finance Act into law three days ago setting precedence for the new fuel prices. This even as the opposition scaled up its resistance…
PRESIDENT WILLIAM RUTO HAS SIGNED INTO LAW THE FINANCE BILL
President William Ruto has signed into law the Finance Bill that was approved by the National Assembly last week.Officials said he signed the Bill into law on Monday morning at State House, Nairobi. “President William Ruto has assented to the Finance Bill,” State House Press Secretary Emmanuel Talam said. The controversial Bill was passed during…
FUEL PRICE LEVY INCREASE
Kenyans are staring at costly fuel after the Finance Bill 2023 clause proposing an increase of Value Added Tax (VAT) on petroleum products from 8 to 16 per cent sailed through. The proposal was retained when members of parliament voted on the amendment during the Third Reading of the Bill on Wednesday evening. A total…
DJ BROWNSKIN HAS FINALLY BEEN CHARGED BEFORE MILIMANI LAW COURTS
DJ Brownskin has finally been charged before Milimani Law Courts. On June 4, DCI said the DJ was arrested after defying summons by police to record a statement in relation to his wife’s death. “In a heart-wrenching video tape released by a popular blogger on April 1, 9 months after Njeri’s remains had been buried,…
CHAOS IN PARLIAMENT
The MPs started fighting after the Speaker of the National Assembly, Moses Wetang’ula, agreed to approve the action of the United One Kenya Declaration wing to fire Sabina Chege as Deputy Minority whip and appoint Embakasi West Member of Parliament Mark Mwenje in that position. Wetang’ula said that he took the action after a Kiambu…
RESOLUTION STRATEGIES TO SHUT DOWN THE 2023 FINANCE BILL
The National Assembly is scheduled to debate the controversial Finance Bill 2023 starting today, Thursday, June 8, 2023 a week before Treasury Cabinet Secretary Njuguna Ndung’u reads the 2023/24 Budget on Thursday, June 15. The Head of State and his Deputy have gone beyond the limits warning MPs who will reject the Bill to forget…
TOUGH TIMES AHEAD AS PRICES OF FOOD ITEMS SET TO RISE
The price of food products may increase due to the expensive price of materials and fuel, the decrease in the level of production in the country, including the high cost of importing products into the country. Farmers have warned about the increase in the price of food such as sugar, bread, rice, cooking oil, and…
OKIYA OMTATAH FEUDS WITH RUTO OVER FINANCE BILL
Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah went bare-knuckle on President William Ruto regarding the Finance Bill 2023 during an interdenominational prayer service at Busia Stadium. Omtatah directly addressed the President, cautioning him against being misled by his allies and asserting that the bill violated certain aspects of the Constitution. He urged the President to reconsider the problematic…