MaurineTheuri
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The country’s top newspapers focused on Wednesday, February 10 focused on Jubilee Party’s second purge that saw Murang’a Senator Irung’u Kang’ata ousted as Majority Chief Whip.
One of the dailies also highlighted Senate’s dissatisfaction in the manner in which the National Treasury was disbursing revenue to counties.
The Standard
The Jubilee Party is set to kick out a number of nominated MPs in the National Assembly days after cracking the whip in the Senate.
Four MPs namely, David Ole Sankok, Cecily Mbarire, Gideon Keter and Halima Mucheke are set to be expelled from the party over disloyalty and gross misconduct.
On Monday, February 8, Jubilee expelled six nominated senators over various disciplinary violations.
The six are Isaac Mwaura, Millicent Omanga, Mary Seneta, Victor Prengei, Falhada Dekow Iman, Naomi Jillo and Christine Gona.
People Daily
According to the publication, the Senate has expressed dissatisfaction in the manner in which the National Treasury was disbursing revenues to the counties.
Speaking after the resumption of Senate sittings, senators accused the Treasury of planning to go against the agreed allocation of KSh 370 billion to instead allocate only KSh 316 billion.
Senators Moses Wetangu’la and Johnson Sakaja who co-chaired the final negotiation process that came up with the ‘win-win formula’ said there were signs the Treasury was planning to go against the agreement.
Taifa Leo
The Swahili publication reported on President Uhuru Kenyatta’s disciplinary action on disloyal members of his party, Jubilee.
The newspaper listed victims of Uhuru’s purge including Nakuru Senator Susan Kihika who was ousted as Majority Chief Whip and replaced by Murang’a Senator Irung’u Kang’ata who was also ousted and replaced by Kiambu Senator Kimani Wamatangi.
Others include Kipchumba Murkomen and Aden Duale who were majority leaders in the Senate and National Assembly respectively, and the six nominated senators who were recently expelled by Jubilee Party on the list of casualties of Uhuru’s firm leadership.
Daily Nation
The Ministry of Education has drawn a clear path for the transition of learners from the old system of education (8-4-4) to the new system (2-6-3-3-3).
According to the daily, the ministry agreed to retain the Kenya Certificate of Primary Examination (KCPE) which was on the verge of being abolished.
The KCPE test will be done by learners in Grade 6 and will only constitute 40% of the total marks a candidate will score.
The remaining 60% will be a computation of the candidate’s total marks scored in all tests done at his or her respective school.
Learners in Grade 6 will join junior secondary school for three years and later progress to senior secondary for another three years before joining college for the final lap of three years.
At the end of junior secondary, learners will sit for an exam that will help teachers to place them in the right career pathway as they join senior secondary.