{"id":3409,"date":"2020-02-29T15:17:28","date_gmt":"2020-02-29T15:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=3409"},"modified":"2020-02-29T15:17:28","modified_gmt":"2020-02-29T15:17:28","slug":"no-stalemate-samboja-now-approves-budget-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/no-stalemate-samboja-now-approves-budget-bill","title":{"rendered":"No stalemate: Samboja now approves Budget Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Taita Taveta Governor Granton Samboja\u00a0<strong>(pictured)<\/strong>\u00a0has revoked his memorandum to the County Assembly over the supplementary budget.The governor sent the memorandum to the assembly late last week after the MCAs slashed over Sh52 million from the executive budget.<\/p>\n<p>County Assembly Chief Whip Abraham Juma and Budget and Appropriations Committee chairperson Godwin Kilele confirmed the governor had rescinded his decision to reject the Appropriations Bill 2019 and assented to it.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Samboja declined to sign into law the budget estimates that later led to his impeachment.The impeachment was however overturned by the Senate for lack of evidence. \u00a0On Thursday, the governor recalled memories of last year\u2019s four-month budget standoff between the executive the MCAs.<\/p>\n<p>In his state of the county address, he said the year witnessed sharp differences between the Executive and the County Assembly.\u201cThe leadership of our great county was called upon to choose between the interests of her people and demands of the Executive and County Assembly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taita Taveta Governor Granton Samboja\u00a0(pictured)\u00a0has revoked his memorandum to the County Assembly over the supplementary budget.The governor sent the memorandum to the assembly late last week after the MCAs slashed over Sh52 million from the executive budget. County Assembly Chief Whip Abraham Juma and Budget and Appropriations Committee chairperson Godwin Kilele confirmed the governor had [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":3410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,8],"tags":[1843,647],"class_list":["post-3409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-homepage-english","tag-granton-samboja","tag-taita-taveta-county"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>No stalemate: Samboja now approves Budget Bill - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"aita Taveta Governor Granton Samboja\u00a0(pictured)\u00a0has revoked his memorandum to the County Assembly over the supplementary budget.The\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/no-stalemate-samboja-now-approves-budget-bill\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"No stalemate: Samboja now approves Budget Bill\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"aita Taveta Governor Granton Samboja\u00a0(pictured)\u00a0has revoked his memorandum to the County Assembly over the supplementary budget.The\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/no-stalemate-samboja-now-approves-budget-bill\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"kenya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-02-29T15:17:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/28\/2020\/02\/rwvyf8olatofah5e5960213e925.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/no-stalemate-samboja-now-approves-budget-bill#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/no-stalemate-samboja-now-approves-budget-bill\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"No stalemate: Samboja now approves Budget Bill\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-02-29T15:17:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/no-stalemate-samboja-now-approves-budget-bill\"},\"wordCount\":170,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/no-stalemate-samboja-now-approves-budget-bill#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/28\/2020\/02\/rwvyf8olatofah5e5960213e925.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Granton Samboja\",\"Taita Taveta County\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\",\"homepage-english\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/no-stalemate-samboja-now-approves-budget-bill#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/no-stalemate-samboja-now-approves-budget-bill\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/no-stalemate-samboja-now-approves-budget-bill\",\"name\":\"No stalemate: Samboja now approves Budget Bill - kenya\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/no-stalemate-samboja-now-approves-budget-bill#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/no-stalemate-samboja-now-approves-budget-bill#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/28\/2020\/02\/rwvyf8olatofah5e5960213e925.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-02-29T15:17:28+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"aita Taveta Governor Granton Samboja\u00a0(pictured)\u00a0has revoked his memorandum to the County Assembly over the supplementary budget.The\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/no-stalemate-samboja-now-approves-budget-bill#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/no-stalemate-samboja-now-approves-budget-bill\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/no-stalemate-samboja-now-approves-budget-bill#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/28\/2020\/02\/rwvyf8olatofah5e5960213e925.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/28\/2020\/02\/rwvyf8olatofah5e5960213e925.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":500},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/no-stalemate-samboja-now-approves-budget-bill#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"No stalemate: Samboja now approves Budget Bill\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/\",\"name\":\"kenya\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"No stalemate: Samboja now approves Budget Bill - kenya","description":"aita Taveta Governor Granton Samboja\u00a0(pictured)\u00a0has revoked his memorandum to the County Assembly over the supplementary budget.The","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/no-stalemate-samboja-now-approves-budget-bill","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"No stalemate: Samboja now approves Budget Bill","og_description":"aita Taveta Governor Granton Samboja\u00a0(pictured)\u00a0has revoked his memorandum to the County Assembly over the supplementary budget.The","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/no-stalemate-samboja-now-approves-budget-bill","og_site_name":"kenya","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2020-02-29T15:17:28+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":500,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/28\/2020\/02\/rwvyf8olatofah5e5960213e925.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/no-stalemate-samboja-now-approves-budget-bill#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/no-stalemate-samboja-now-approves-budget-bill"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"No stalemate: Samboja now approves Budget Bill","datePublished":"2020-02-29T15:17:28+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/no-stalemate-samboja-now-approves-budget-bill"},"wordCount":170,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/no-stalemate-samboja-now-approves-budget-bill#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/28\/2020\/02\/rwvyf8olatofah5e5960213e925.jpg","keywords":["Granton Samboja","Taita Taveta County"],"articleSection":["all news","community","homepage-english"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/no-stalemate-samboja-now-approves-budget-bill#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/no-stalemate-samboja-now-approves-budget-bill","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/no-stalemate-samboja-now-approves-budget-bill","name":"No stalemate: Samboja now approves Budget Bill - kenya","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/no-stalemate-samboja-now-approves-budget-bill#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/no-stalemate-samboja-now-approves-budget-bill#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/28\/2020\/02\/rwvyf8olatofah5e5960213e925.jpg","datePublished":"2020-02-29T15:17:28+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"aita Taveta Governor Granton Samboja\u00a0(pictured)\u00a0has revoked his memorandum to the County Assembly over the supplementary budget.The","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/no-stalemate-samboja-now-approves-budget-bill#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/no-stalemate-samboja-now-approves-budget-bill"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/no-stalemate-samboja-now-approves-budget-bill#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/28\/2020\/02\/rwvyf8olatofah5e5960213e925.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/28\/2020\/02\/rwvyf8olatofah5e5960213e925.jpg","width":800,"height":500},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/no-stalemate-samboja-now-approves-budget-bill#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"No stalemate: Samboja now approves Budget Bill"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/","name":"kenya","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}