Parliament Buildings

MPs will not be recalled for a special sitting on Finance Bill, 2024

The recommendation by the President to return the Bill with recommendations to delete all clauses means that the Bill is technically dead.


  1. Kenyans are angry with their MPs. This is why

    Wetang'ula is on record expressing frustration at the Public Petitions Committee for 'sleeping' on its job.

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  2. PREMIUM Ruto move throws MPs who voted 'Yes' under the bus

    The tone-deaf MPs confessed their loyalty to the President.

    Francis Kimani Kuria
  3. Kenya braces for fresh protests despite president's tax climbdown

    Others pledged to press on, saying only Ruto's resignation would satisfy them.

    Anti-Riot police officers seated at the Hilton Square along Moi Avenue
  4. Rigathi's bombshell: NIS has failed us

    DP Gachagua goes in on NIS and demands resignation of its boss — Noordin Haji.

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  5. Aftermath Photos: Kenya's youth-led protest movement leaves Ruto fumbling

    The protests have built up into a much wider groundswell of anger that has become the most serious crisis of Ruto's two-year-old presidency

    The Supreme Court of Kenya sealed off on June 26, 2024
  6. Ruto's UDA postpones grassroots elections

    UDA offices in Embu County are some of the properties torched during the anti-tax protest

    A voter casts his ballot during the UDA grassroot elections.
  7. Wetangula condemns violence after anti-tax protesters broke into parliament

    I laud the youth of this nation for taking the lead in this discourse

    National Assembly speaker Moses Wetangula.
  8. Azimio drops all proposed changes to Ruto's Finance Bill 2024

    It was an “exercise in futility”, says Minority Leader Opiyo Wandayi .

    National Assembly Minority Leader Opiyo Wandayi
  9. PREMIUM Gachagua vs Ruto: Battle for numbers as camps emerge

    Some perceived allies of DP Gachagua vote against Ruto’s Finance Bill 2024.

    William Ruto and Rigathi Gachagua 
  10. Finance Bill: Gideon Moi condemns arrests of protesters

    Kanu boss terms the arrests as an infringement of citizens' Constitutional rights.

    Gideon Moi
  11. Finance Bill: ODM meets to punish rebel MPs

    Party lawmakers were warned of expulsion should they support the unpopular Bill.

    Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna
  12. PREMIUM Gachagua’s four sink-or-swim options for Mt Kenya ahead of 2027

    Gachagua's allies mull going it alone, demanding an MoU, fronting a candidate or crafting a new political identity.

    Rigathi Gachagua.
  13. Opposition mulls options on Finance Bill 

    The opposition has not yet made a decision on whether it will push for amendments or not.

  14. DP Gachagua, Moses Kuria clash in Murang'a

    Mr Kuria accuses DP Gachagua of being a crybaby instead of using his position to help the community achieve its aspirations.

    Rigathi Gachagua
  15. PREMIUM KJ: The comedian who took jokes to Parliament

    The UDA legislator is now a reincarnation of the people and the ills he once criticised.

    John Kiarie
  16. PREMIUM The generation with tyranny of numbers in 2027

    Young Kenyans now primed to determine the country's political direction.

    Protesters
  17. Protests as UDA postpones Nairobi elections again

    Delegates arrived at the party offices in buses and proceeded to chant slogans castigating the party.

    Antony Mwaura
  18. MPs approve Finance Bill amid protests

    The contested proposed law now moves to the Committee Stage.

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  19. PREMIUM Finance Bill: Why Azimio rejected Ruto’s offer

    Opposition leaders decline President Ruto’s political bait into winning their support.

    Azimio la Umoja
  20. PREMIUM D-Day as MPS vote on the Finance Bill report

    Debate on the Second Reading of the Bill resumes this morning.

    National Assembly Minority Leader Opiyo Wandayi
  21. PREMIUM Inside UDA, ANC merger plan

    Merger sets the pace for major shakeup in Kenya's political landscape.

    William Ruto and Musalia Mudavadi
  22. Azimio demand recall of the finance Bill, 2024

    Azimio accused President William Ruto's administration of playing mind games with Kenyans.

    National Assembly Minority Leader Opiyo Wandayi
  23. Kalembe Ndile's widow dies after short illness

    Magdalene Kalembe fell ill after attending Parliamentary sessions on Thursday.

  24. Forgiveness? Jubilee sets conditions for Gachagua

    Uhuru Kenyatta's party wants Rigathi Gachagua to do more than street talk.

  25. New bill seeks to strenghten public participation

    Heads of public entities face huge fines and jail for failing to consult citizens on policies.

    Kisumu protests
  26. PREMIUM How Ruto shielded Gachagua from MPs’ attack

    President Ruto stops Kenya Kwanza MPs from discussing his under fire deputy.

    William Ruto and Rigathi Gachagua 
  27. PREMIUM Muthama’s Damascus Moment and reunion with Kalonzo

    President Ruto's allies dismiss claims that Kamba community has been left out.

    Johnson Muthama
  28. Your time is up, Ukambani Ruto allies tell Kalonzo and Muthama

    CS Mutua says people clamouring for political relevance by offering to organise a meeting between Ruto and Kamba leaders are doing so out of greed.

    Kalonzo Musyoka.
  29. Stop it! Kahiga tells Ruto

    Mutahi Kahiga tells President Ruto to rein in his troops attacking DP Rigathi Gachagua.

    Mutahi Kahiga