{"id":17502,"date":"2020-11-13T20:16:20","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T20:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=17502"},"modified":"2020-11-13T20:16:20","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T20:16:20","slug":"ward-reps-bbi-meeting-called-off-over-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/ward-reps-bbi-meeting-called-off-over-covid-19","title":{"rendered":"Ward reps\u2019 BBI meeting called off over Covid-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> A special meeting of Members of County Assembly (MCAs) called to take a stand on the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report has been called off.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting, scheduled to take place at the Bomas of Kenya today, failed to get approval from the Ministry of Interior, which cited a surge in Covid-19 cases.<\/p>\n<p>A statement by the chairman of the County Assemblies Forum (CAF) Ndegwa Wahome said MCAs from all the 47 counties were expected to attend.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting has now been rescheduled to a later date.<\/p>\n<p>He said CAF had been consulting its members on BBI and the forum had, through its governing council, established a task force to advise MCAs on the report.<\/p>\n<p>The ward reps have demanded similar perks and special treatment enjoyed by National Assembly members in what would cost the taxpayers billions of shillings if approved.<\/p>\n<p>They are seeking to have pension, car grants and the control of 30 per cent of the county government budget under the proposed Ward Development Fund.<\/p>\n<p>County ministers<\/p>\n<p>The MCAs also want 50 per cent of county ministers appointed from among them.<\/p>\n<p>The county lawmakers have also rejected the law requiring them to have university degree qualifications to contest the position.<\/p>\n<p>Wahome said the university degree requirement will make political leadership \u201ca preserve of the elite and disenfranchise very many good leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn fact, save for the MPs, the academic requirements are so far only set for county-level positions being the governor, county executives and MCAs, but there are none at the national level,\u201d said Wahome in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, Parliament amended Section 22 of the Election Act prescribing university degree as minimum academic qualifications for MPs and MCAs.<\/p>\n<p>The requirement is set to take effect in the 2022 General Election after MPs postponed its implementation in the 2017 polls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Kenya: A special meeting of Members of County Assembly (MCAs) called to take a stand on the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report has been called off. 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