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1 week ago | 
nation.africa | David Mwere
The government’s plan to write off over Sh6 billion loaned to Kenyans through the Hustler Fund and whose repayment is facing challenges has been questioned by Auditor-General Nancy Gathungu saying many issues remain unresolved. Ms Gathungu raised the red flag as she appeared before MPs who are members of the Budget and Appropriations Committee (BAC) of the National Assembly. “If you are claiming that Sh6 billion has not been accounted for, various questions emerge,” said Ms Gathungu.
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1 week ago | 
nation.africa | David Mwere
A funding crisis in the education sector has deepened after a parliamentary committee recommended an extra Sh8.8 billion budget cuts from critical areas. The Education committee of the National Assembly proposes to reduce capitation funds for secondary, junior and primary schools. Committee chairman Tinderet MP Julius Melly made the proposals on the education sector’s budget for the 2025/26 financial year to the Budget and Appropriations Committee (BAC).
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1 week ago | 
nation.africa | David Mwere
Two Cabinet secretaries have disagreed over an allocation of Sh4.5 billion for the renovation of the Bomas of Kenya, adding to the controversy surrounding the project, reportedly to be financed by a Turkish firm. The disagreement between National Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi and his Tourism and Wildlife counterpart, Rebecca Miano, has exposed the infighting in President William Ruto’s Cabinet.
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1 week ago | 
nation.africa | David Mwere
New sanctions and software tools to snoop and hack accounts of internet subscribers and SIM-card users as well as decryption of encrypted data await Kenyans or anybody residing in the country if a proposed law is enacted.
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2 weeks ago | 
nation.africa | David Mwere
MPs and the National Police Service (NPS) are at loggerheads over whether insurance billions for police officers should be reduced to clear Sh833 million owed to a contractor who constructed the police hospital in Nairobi’s Mbagathi area that continues to remain idle.
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2 weeks ago | 
nation.africa | David Mwere
Three Principal Secretaries at the Ministry of Investments, Trade and Industry have warned that President William Ruto’s Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (Beta) projects under the ministry risk stalling following budget reductions of Sh11.6 billion by the National Treasury.
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2 weeks ago | 
taifaleo.nation.co.ke | David Mwere
Makala Makatibu watatu wa wizara walia kupunguziwa bajeti Na DAVID MWERE May 24th, 2025 Kusoma ni dakika: 2 MAKATIBU Watatu katika Wizara ya Uwekezaji, Biashara na Viwanda wameonya kuwa ajenda ya Rais William Ruto ya Mabadiliko ya Kiuchumi (Beta) chini ya wizara hiyo huenda ikakwama kufuatia kupunguzwa kwa bajeti ya Sh11.6 bilioni na Hazina ya Kitaifa.
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2 weeks ago | 
nation.africa | David Mwere
The National Social Security Fund’s (NSSF) involvement in questionable treasury bond trades worth Sh12 billion may have seen workers lose billions of shillings in retirement savings, Auditor-General Nancy Gathungu has revealed. The irregular transactions, which involved purchase of bonds at a premium and selling them off cheaply, have been flagged by the Auditor-General in the NSSF’s audited accounts for the financial year 2023/24.
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2 weeks ago | 
nation.africa | David Mwere
President William Ruto had borrowed at least Sh1.4 trillion as of December 31, 2024, defying his directive to slow down on loans, although the figure reflects a marginal improvement in the debt-to-Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ratio. Data from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) shows that as of December 31, 2022, three months after President Ruto took office, the country’s debt stock stood at Sh8.6 trillion, which represented 67.8 percent of the GDP.
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2 weeks ago | 
taifaleo.nation.co.ke | David Mwere
Habari Katibu ahepa kamati ya bunge kwenda kujivinjari Nanyuki Na DAVID MWERE May 20th, 2025 Kusoma ni dakika: 2 KATIBU wa Vyama vya Ushirika Patrick Kilemi Jumatatu alishangaza wabunge baada ya kuamua kuenda kujivinjari kwenye warsha ya wizara eneo la Nanyuki badala ya kufika mbele ya Kamati ya Bunge la Kitaifa kutetea au kupinga mgao wa fedha kwenye idara yake katika mwaka wa kifedha wa 2025/26.
