The vetting of President William Ruto’s nominated Cabinet Secretaries and consideration of the 2024/2025 supplementary budget estimates are the key priority areas that lawmakers will consider when they resume house sittings tomorrow.
The supplementary budget proposes cuts for various ministries, departments and agencies.
Lawmakers resume sittings after a three-week break that was prompted by the storming of Parliament by a group of young people after MPs passed the controversial 2024 Finance Bill, which has since been withdrawn.
The return of MPs on Tuesday will happen on the same day planners of anti-government protests have vowed to shut down Nairobi.
MPs return at a time when there are calls from Generation Z for Parliament to be dissolved over lack of public confidence, only days after the same group successfully pushed Ruto to fire all the Cabinet secretaries.
Lawmakers also resume sittings as the Parliamentary Service Commission, chaired by Speaker Wetang’ula, is assessing the damage that occurred after young protesters stormed the House, damaging it and putting it out business.
Already, Wetang’ula has restricted movement in and out of Parliament, allowing only MPs and critical staff to enter as renovations continue.
