The Senate Committee on Education, Chaired by Sen. Betty Montet, today held a consultative meeting with H.E. Governor Anne Waiguru and the Kirinyaga County Executive Team to deliberate on the status of Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) and Vocational Training Centres (VTCs) within the County.

The engagement forms part of the Committee’s ongoing nationwide assessment of ECDE and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) implementation across all 47 counties in fulfilment of its oversight mandate.

The scale of exploitation facing Kenyan workers abroad came under intense scrutiny on Thursday as Senators confronted government officials over trafficking syndicates, fraudulent recruiters and the growing number of Kenyans caught in foreign conflicts and cybercrime networks.

Appearing before the Senate Committee on Labour and Social Welfare, Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi described a crisis stretching from the Gulf to south-east Asia and the battlefields of Ukraine and Russia, warning that trafficking networks were becoming increasingly sophisticated.

Parliament has been urged to take a leading role in climate management and environmental conservation as experts warn that rising methane emissions continue to pose a serious threat to Kenya’s economy, agriculture and public health.

Development partners and climate stakeholders made the appeal during a Media Breakfast Dialogue on Methane Emissions in Kenya, where speakers stressed that Lawmakers have a critical responsibility in ensuring the implementation of policies and legislation aimed at reducing pollution and mitigating climate change.