On Friday, March 7, Kenyan newspapers were reported broadly to report an agreement to share power between President William Ruto and the former Prime Minister Raila Odinga.
Daily newspapers also noted that parents may be forced to digest more in their pockets to pay school fees for their children after MPs (MPS) approves additional payments.
Source: UGC
1. The Star
President William Ruto And former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, are expected to sign a 50:50 -hour agreement with the 2008 national treaty, giving the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) to the same part of the government.
The two leaders will sign the Union Charter today, Friday, March 7. This will give the President a political impetus before the 2027 general elections.
Ruto and Raila will sign the agreement at the Kenyatta International Conference Center (KICC).
The new treaty will lead to political change, with Ruto and Raila on the one hand against former vice president Kalonzo Musyoka, former deputy president Rigathi Gachagua and former deputy presidential candidate Martha Karua on the other.
According to news circles, Raila will appoint three other cabinet secretaries and share the same number of chief secretaries, work of government and ambassadors, and Ruto.
“There are expected changes in health, water and agriculture documents,” The source revealed.
It is said that retired President Uhuru Kenyatta tried to discourage Raila at a meeting in Mombasa.
Source: Twitter
2. People Daily
Kenyan lawmakers have told the government to allow schools across the country to impose additional fees.
This follows concerns from senior teachers and principals that primary, low and secondary schools were not receiving enough funding to help students.
This comes after the National Treasury donated KSh 54 billion to the Department of Primary Education against the Budget of KSh 74 billion.
MPs in the Education Committee, led by Tinderet MP Julius Melly, said the government had to pay KSh 22,224 per student, but schools received KSh 17,000 per student.
This, he said, leaves an institution in debt.
“So far the schools get KSh 17,000 per pupil, but what was sent is KSh 11,000. This is less than KSh 22,224 which is sufficient for the student,” Melly said during a meeting with Minister of Primary Education Belio Kipsang.
3. Daily Nation
The Budget Controller's report, Margaret Nyakang'o, has exposed counties that spent millions of public funds on domestic and foreign trips at the expense of development.
In the first half of the financial year of 2024/2025, Nyakang'o revealed the conservation units spent KSh 6.6 billion on foreign trips.
The following is the Central County in general use of transportation:
Machakos – KSh 372.91 million.
Nairobi – KSh 369.03 million.
Kitui – KSh 315.31 million.
Nyandarua – KSh 223.15 million.
Kajiado – KSh 217.71 million.
Kakamega – Ksh 215.48 million.
Meru – KSh 202.22 million.
Kisumu – KSh 196.11 million.
Busia – KSh 189.86 million.
Baringo – KSh 189.98 million.
4. Nation Today
Ruto and Raila have completed the exercise of cleaning up the Gacita members in the Executive Committees of Parliament.
Among those who lost their lives was the Hands of the Handy Ndindi Nyoro who was dismissed as the Chairman of the Budget and Expenditure Committee.
Nyoro was a close ally of Ruto but his refusal to be involved in the removal of Gachagua's dissolution.
In the Senate, the affected partners are Karungo of Thang'wa (Kiambu), John Methu (Nyandarua), John Kinyua (Laikipia) and Seki Lenku (Lamu).
New reorganized committees follow the formation of a broader government.
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