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According to the anti-graft agency, Okandah received a total of Sh4,749,597 in salaries between September 3, 2016, and November 30, 2023, money the commission said was acquired through fraudulent means.
The National Assembly Finance and National Planning Committee secured the amendments to the Sovereign Wealth Fund Bill, 2026 during debate in the Committee of the Whole House.
Speaking during the signing of the Sovereign Wealth Fund Act at State House,Nairobi on Wednesday, Ruto said the government would inject Sh20 billion from the National Infrastructure Fund (NIF) to attract the remaining investment from private financiers instead of relying on borrowing or increasing taxes.
According to the National Police Service (NPS), the suspect was intercepted on Wednesday while travelling to Nairobi in an intelligence-led operation targeting illegal firearms trafficking.
The latest report on the Unclaimed Assets Trust Fund for the financial year ending June 30, 2025, shows the institution continues to face hurdles in carrying out its main responsibility of identifying beneficiaries and releasing unclaimed assets.
LSK President Charles Kanjama says the discovery of Wairimu's body came just two days after advocate Edward Muthee Kariuki was shot dead in Athi River, saying the back-to-back deaths had shaken the legal fraternity.
Figures released by the Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) show Kenya earned $40.8 million, equivalent to Sh5.27 billion, from coffee exports to the United States between January and March. This marked a 101.2 percent increase from the $19.01 million, or Sh2.46 billion, earned in the corresponding period last year.
The new law creates a legal and institutional framework for the establishment, governance and management of the Sovereign Wealth Fund, fulfilling a commitment President Ruto made during his 2025 State of the Nation Address to establish a long-term national savings vehicle alongside the National Infrastructure Fund.
The proposed changes would remove the current arrangement that allows the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury to authorise payments from the Consolidated Fund to the EADB without first seeking the approval of lawmakers.
According to police, officers carried out a targeted raid at a house in the Soko Korona area of Timau Town that had been identified as a suspected storage and processing point for illicit drugs.
If approved, the Bill will repeal the laws that created six regional development authorities and transfer their functions, assets, liabilities, rights and obligations to the National Treasury or another state department that may be appointed by the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury.
According to the DCI, investigations revealed that Daimler Enterprises Limited had laid claim to the same property despite records from the Ministry of Lands confirming the complainant as the rightful owner.