9th December 2022 Finger on the Pulse

  • 9 Dec 2022
  • 2 Mins Read
  • 〜 by Mercy Kamau

On Monday, December 5,

Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi arrived in London ahead of the Commonwealth Trade and Investment Summit.

On Tuesday, December 6,

  •  Senators visited Kenyatta National Hospital as the inquest into the death of baby Travis Maina continued.
  •    CEC members for Nairobi County were set for vetting by the Members of Nairobi County Assembly.
  •  Manyatta MP Gitonga Mukunji said Parliament would summon Winnie Odinga for failing to attend an EALA meeting convened by President William Ruto on Tuesday.
  •   Inspector-General of Police Japhet Koome and DCI director Mohamed Amin are among the top officers who have attended the East African Police Chief’s Cooperation Organization’s (EAPCO’s) 24th annual general meeting in Ethiopia.
  •    President William Ruto presided over the swearing in of 20 High Court judges at the State House.
  • Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi called on the Commonwealth member countries to be each other’s keepers as they share in the history and multilateral relations including trade and investment.
  •   The Cabinet donated Ksh17 million towards the drought response appeal.
  •   EALA MP-elect Winnie Odinga was trending at number one on Twitter after failing to attend President Ruto’s meeting at the State House in Nairobi. Ruto was meeting EALA MPs-elect ahead of their swearing-in on December 21 in Arusha, Tanzania. 

 

On Wednesday, December 7,

  •  Manyatta MP Gitonga Mukunji said Parliament would summon Winnie Odinga for failing to attend an EALA meeting convened by President William Ruto on Tuesday.
  •     Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome and DCI director Mohamed Amin are among the top officers who have attended the East African Police Chief’s Cooperation Organization’s (EAPCO’s) 24th annual general meeting in Ethiopia.
  •  President William Ruto presided over the swearing in of 20 High Court judges at the State House.

On Thursday, December 8,

  •   MPs unanimously approved the seven nominees to the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA).
  •   Nairobi County Assembly members approved Governor Johnson Sakaja’s executive committee nominees.

  A lobby moved to court to challenge the Hustler Fund initiated by the Kenya Kwanza government saying it was launched without the constitution of an advisory board.