… According to Maraga, the High Court judgement had discrepancies after finding that Gachagua's right to a fair hearing was violated, yet he was awarded Ksh.50 million in compensation instead of nullifying the impeachment okayed by the Senate in October 2024. …
… ROBI, Kenya Jun 10 – Kenya’s 47 county governments could are receive Sh428 billion in equitable share funding, if Parliament approves recommendations of the Mediation Committee on the Division of Revenue Bill, 2026, ending negotiations between the National Assembly and the Senate …
… And they have good reasons to be disappointed.The judges appeared to bend the rules of natural justice when they ruled that the Senate violated Gachagua’s rights by failing to adjourn when they were informed by his lawyers that he had been taken ill, but decided to swap his right …
Audio By VocalizeThe Senate has kicked off the process of filing an appeal against the High Court ruling that granted former Deputy Rigathi Gachagua a Sh 50 million reward after his rights were found to have been violated during his 2024 ouster process. …
Gachagua judgement: Senate to appeal High Court's ruling on Ksh.50M compensation By Melita Ole Tenges June 09, 2026 10:05 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter Audio By Vocalize The Senate will challenge Monday’s …
… On Monday, June 8, the High Court upheld Gachagua's impeachment and ordered the Senate to pay him Ksh.50 million in constitutional damages for violating his right to a fair trial during his impeachment process. …
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 9 — Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has dismissed the High Court’s Sh50 million award against the Senate as “an insult” and vowed to challenge the ruling at the Court of Appeal. …
… The court arrived at the finding even as it found that the Senate violated his rights by declining to adjourn proceedings to allow him to participate on medical grounds. …
Gachagua, Senate set for legal rematch as impeachment battle heads to Court of Appeal By Dzuya Walter June 09, 2026 09:54 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter Audio By Vocalize Former Deputy President Rigathi Ga …
… thumbnails-m', container: 'taboola-mid-article-thumbnails', placement: 'Mid Article Thumbnails', target_type: 'mix' }); Kanjama observed that Gachagua had been facing what he termed a political death sentence going into the ruling, given that an outright affirmation of the Senate …
President William Ruto has declined to sign the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal (Amendment) Bill, 2024, and returned it to Parliament with proposed changes, citing concerns that provisions could hurt Kenya's investment climate and weaken the public procurement framework. The President exercised his constitutional powers to refer the Bill back, objecting to 17 clauses including definitions of local and foreign firms that he argues are impractical and could undermine efforts to attract foreign direct investment.
President William Ruto has declined to sign the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal (Amendment) Bill, 2024, and returned it to Parliament with proposed changes, citing concerns that provisions could hurt Kenya's investment climate and weaken the public procurement framework. The President exercised his constitutional powers to refer the Bill back, objecting to 17 clauses including definitions of local and foreign firms that he argues are impractical and could undermine efforts to attract foreign direct investment.
Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has denied making ethnically inciteful comments targeting the Kikuyu community in Mandera County, claiming his remarks were taken out of context. The National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) has launched an investigation into the allegations following complaints about the remarks circulating on social media.
The debate over tackling goon culture in Kenya is becoming a blame game, with top leaders, Kenyans, and clergy calling for stricter security measures to curb the menace.
Parliament disclosed it spent Sh26,328,500 on the 2025 National Prayer Breakfast following a High Court judgment ordering the disclosure after a freedom of information request. The Clerk of the Senate said the event, held annually at Safari Park Hotel on the last Thursday of May, is partly funded from the Parliamentary Service Commission's budget and broadcast live for Kenyans unable to attend in person.
The High Court has struck out a petition by Vocal Africa seeking to bar National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang'ula and Senate Speaker Amason Kingi from political activities, ruling that the petitioners failed to exhaust statutory dispute resolution mechanisms under the Leadership and Integrity Act before filing the case.
France's Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill banning social media access for children under 15, making France the first European country to bar children from apps such as TikTok. President Emmanuel Macron championed the ban and pledged to enforce it by September.
The Senate has annulled three legal notices from the NTSA that sought to tighten vehicle inspection and safety requirements for school transport, commercial vehicles, and private motorists, after lawmakers found fault with the regulations and their implementation.
An opinion piece argues that Kenya's public healthcare system treats infertility as a "lifestyle choice" rather than a medical condition, leaving affected families in debt despite one in four couples experiencing subfertility. The author calls for state funding of reproductive health treatments and removal of barriers to assisted reproductive technology.
Kenya's Senate Standing Committee on Devolution has endorsed Thika's elevation to city status, which would make it Kenya's sixth city and the first urban centre in the Mount Kenya region to attain the designation. The committee found that the Kiambu municipality met constitutional and statutory thresholds, demonstrating sufficient institutional capacity, urban development indicators, infrastructure, public utilities, and critical social services.
National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang'ula and Senate Speaker Amason Kingi asked the High Court to dismiss a petition seeking to bar them from partisan political campaigns, contending that the Constitution permits elected state officers to engage in politics.
The Senate has approved the conferment of city status to Thika Municipality, and the resolution has been transmitted to President William Ruto for the issuance of a charter.
National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang'ula and Senate Speaker Amason Kingi urged the High Court to dismiss a petition seeking to bar them from participating in partisan political campaigns, arguing that the Constitution expressly permits elected state officers to engage in politics.
National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang'ula and Senate Speaker Amason Kingi have urged the High Court to reject an application seeking to bar them from partisan political activities, arguing the case is premature and should have used internal Parliament dispute resolution procedures first. Their lawyers contended that similar issues are already before the Court of Appeal in six separate cases.
National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang'ula and Senate Speaker Amason Kingi have asked the High Court to reject a petition seeking to bar them from partisan political activities, arguing the case is premature and that petitioners should have exhausted internal parliamentary remedies and appeals already before the Court of Appeal first.
National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang'ula and Senate Speaker Amason Kingi have opposed an application for conservatory orders to bar them from engaging in political activities, arguing the petition is premature, politically motivated, and filed in the wrong forum. Their lawyers urged the High Court to dismiss it, contending the petitioners should have exhausted alternative dispute resolution mechanisms first.
National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang'ula and Senate Speaker Amason Kingi have opposed an application seeking conservatory orders to bar them from engaging in political activities, arguing the petition is premature, politically motivated, and filed in the wrong forum. Their lawyers urged the High Court to dismiss the application, contending the petitioners failed to exhaust alternative dispute resolution mechanisms before moving to court.
Kenya's Senate rejected a petition seeking to create a legal framework allowing citizens to remove the President and Governors from office, ruling that such a mechanism would contradict existing constitutional provisions and could only be introduced through constitutional amendment.
A petition tabled before the Senate seeks to limit the tenure of nominated Members of County Assembly to one term, arguing that repeated nominations of the same individuals subvert the Constitution and convert public positions into personal property while locking out youth, women, and persons with disabilities.
Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna has been removed as Senate Deputy Minority Whip and replaced by Migori Senator Eddy Oketch, following a meeting convened by Senate Minority Whip Ledama Ole Kina. The Azimio la Umoja coalition complained about the short notice and lack of agenda transparency for the meeting, where 11 Senators voted to remove Sifuna.
An LPG storage facility expected to lower cooking gas costs through bulk importing has been delayed until 2028. The delay undermines President Ruto's 2023 pledge to subsidise 6kg cylinder refills to Sh300-500.
A guest columnist argues that while county hospitals lack medicine, agricultural extension officers are absent, and roads remain unresourced, these failures reflect poor implementation by Kenyans rather than a flaw in the devolution system that the 2010 constitution established.
Citizen Digital's Vincent Obadha argues that the National Transport and Safety Authority, created in 2012 to consolidate road safety functions, has increasingly prioritized designing new fee structures and compliance regimes with revenue projections over demonstrating genuine safety benefits.
A growing number of countries are implementing or proposing restrictions on children's access to social media, with more than 20 countries now involved and five already enforcing measures, mostly targeting children under 15 or 16. The European Union is considering similar regulations, with an expert committee set to submit recommendations to the European Commission.
The High Court has issued conservatory orders restraining Senate Speaker Amason Kingi and National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang'ula from using their offices to promote or oppose political parties, coalitions or candidates while serving as Speakers. The court barred them from using their office's authority, prestige, dignity, influence or privileges in partisan political campaigns pending hearing of the case.