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Gachagua argued that the vote showed clear alignment between leaders and the people who elected them, saying constituents would ultimately respond at the ballot.
Under the proposal, Nairobi County will receive Sh22.11 billion, up from Sh21.42 billion in the current financial year. The increase of about Sh697 million keeps the capital city well ahead of the rest of the counties in terms of equitable share allocations.
A total of 122 MPs supported the Bill while 40 voted against it, with no abstentions recorded.
Although the National Assembly has 349 members, the voting pattern has become more fluid due to political realignments that blur party lines.
The Senator argued that the Bill, in its current form, places locally assembled products at a disadvantage by making imported finished goods cheaper while increasing the cost of local production
Gachagua also cautioned that MPs who skip the vote would be seen as taking a position against the interests of ordinary citizens, arguing that absence in such a decision cannot be neutral
Kenya’s Government has acknowledged that rapid urbanisation is outpacing infrastructure development, creating challenges in regulating high-rise buildings, drainage systems and urban planning. The ministry cites enforcement efforts, tighter building-approval requirements under the National Building Code, 2024, and new coordination systems.
According to Mbadi, the platform is a key component of ongoing efforts to improve management of public resources by making procurement processes more open, efficient and easier to monitor.
Officials from the State Department for Aviation and Aerospace, led by PS Teresia Mbaika, together with the Kenya Airports Authority management, told the committee that rehabilitation works on runways 14/32 and 07 were at 38 percent completion against a target of 40 percent.
MPs focused on the Sh 14.53 billion in pending bills, which the Auditor-General said were not cleared within the financial year and were instead pushed into the next budget cycle. The report warned that such delays place strain on future allocations and may disrupt planned government programmes.
In their petition before the National Assembly, 16 deputy principals led by Maurice Otieno Ouma and Paul Juma Were say many of their colleagues have remained in the same grades for years despite holding senior school leadership positions.
Another issue raised in the petition concerns the payment of benefits to dependants following the death of a pensioner.