Mercy Mwai

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Contributor at People Daily Kenya

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Audit: Sh44.8b unaccounted for on eCitizen

1 week ago | peopledaily.digital | Mercy Mwai

| About Sh44.8 billion paid through the eCitizen government digital payments platform cannot be accounted for, a new report shows. Of the Sh100.8 billion collected through the platform in the 2023/2024 financial year, revenue statements revealed variances between balances reflected in those statements, the e-portal system, and the ledger, Auditor General Nancy Gathungu reported.
State to spend Ksh2.79B on affordable housing studies

1 week ago | peopledaily.digital | Mercy Mwai

| The government has set aside Ksh2.79 billion for research, feasibility studies, project preparation and design for the Affordable Housing project, the 2025/2026 budget estimates show. It is an increase of Sh586 million from Sh1.73 billion allocated to the Housing and Urban Development in the 2024/2025 estimates.
Ruto’s offices among biggest beneficiaries in released budget

1 week ago | peopledaily.digital | Mercy Mwai

| President William Ruto’s office, the electoral body, the education and security sectors are among the big beneficiaries in the 2025/26 budget. Also in the list of the big beneficiaries are the State Department for Housing to enable the building of affordable houses, the State Department for Aviation and Aerospace, Immigration and Citizen Services, roads, energy and devolution.
Kenyans to suffer as medical services budget is slashed

1 week ago | peopledaily.digital | Mercy Mwai

| The Medical Services budget has been slashed to Sh105 billion, falling far below the Sh172.6 billion ceiling previously approved in the Budget Policy Statement (BPS) passed in February. This substantial cut raises concerns about potential disruptions in service delivery across the health sector, despite the sector being critical to the poor Kenyans.
Boost for teachers, students as funding increases

1 week ago | peopledaily.digital | Mercy Mwai

| The Teachers Service Commission (TSC), higher learning institutions and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) got a major boost after enhancement of their budgets. Budget Estimates for the 2025/2026 financial year, show Higher Education is to get Sh144.6 billion comprising of Sh142.5 billion in the recurrent vote and Sh2.15 billion in for development.
Harambee, Nyayo House missing titles

1 week ago | peopledaily.digital | Mercy Mwai

| Auditor General Nancy Gathungu has revealed that 16 ministries, departments and agencies (MDA’s) do not have land ownership documents.
Riddle of Sh37 billion spent on critical stalled State projects

1 week ago | peopledaily.digital | Mercy Mwai

| The Auditor General has unearthed projects in 24 State departments and ministries worth Sh37.92 billion that have stalled. The report by Auditor General Nancy Gathungu for 2023/24 financial year shows the government has continued to incur huge expenditure on projects that had either stalled or had remained incomplete long after their completion dates.
TSC under fire for failure to employ tutors over 45 years

1 week ago | peopledaily.digital | Mercy Mwai

| The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is under fire from lawmakers over its failure to employ tutors who have attained the age of 45. While contributing to a request for a statement by Soy MP David Kiplagat, the MPs demanded that TSC appear before the Education Committee and shed light as to why it has taken long for the teachers to be employed.
MPs form committee to unify bursary schemes

1 week ago | peopledaily.digital | Mercy Mwai

| Lawmakers have formed a 17-member ad hoc committee to review and merge fragmented bursary schemes into one unified system. The committee has 90 days to propose legislation establishing a consolidated framework for sustainable funding of basic, university, and tertiary education.
Ruto wants family barred from State business, declines bill

2 weeks ago | peopledaily.digital | Mercy Mwai

| President William Ruto now wants family members of public officers barred from engaging in business activities with national and county governments under the proposed law on conflict of interest. This is after the President advised members of the National Assembly and Senate to expand the meaning of the word family in the Conflict-of-Interest bill.