Mudavadi questions Sh7 billion public participation cost, calls for streamlining

Prime Cabinet secretary for foreign and Diaspora Affairs Musalia Mudavadi addressed the media on 19, March 2025. [ Jenipher Wachie, Standard]

The government is set to spend a staggering Sh7 billion on public participation exercises for bills that the Kenya Kwanza administration intends to enact and present to Parliament.

Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi revealed that the government plans to pass at least 700 laws, with each bill requiring between Sh10 million and Sh100 million at the public participation stage.