{"id":1572,"date":"2023-11-27T08:38:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T08:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/?p=1572"},"modified":"2023-11-27T08:38:02","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T08:38:02","slug":"the-final-report-of-the-national-dialogue-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/index.php\/2023\/11\/27\/the-final-report-of-the-national-dialogue-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"The final report of the National Dialogue Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>  National Dialogue Committee has finally come into terms on key agenda of the talks but decided to  refer   issues that were not agreed upon  for further consultations after staying in the meeting for the whole day <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The team disagreed on reducing  housing levy and VAT on fuel from 16pc to 8pc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It recommended the extension of presidential election petition period from the current 14 days to 21 <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<figure class=\"alignleft wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"345\" height=\"172\" src=\"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-67.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-67.png 345w, https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-67-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p> The recommendations agreed upon by the team led by Kenya Kwanza\u2019s Kimani Ichung\u2019wah and Azimio la Umoja\u2019s Kalonzo Musyoka are the creation of the post of Official Opposition Leader with two deputies, and entrenching the Prime Cabinet Secretary\u2019s office into law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other proposals by the team include evaluating the 2022 electoral process, expanding the IEBC selection panel, extending the period for presidential petitions from 14 to 21 days and cutting the government\u2019s travel budget.In a late-night media briefing, the team said it had sent the report to President William Ruto and Azmio leader Raila Odinga. The negotiators picked by President Ruto and Mr Odinga had planned to release the document by noon on Saturday, November 25, but pushed it to 5pm before further delays that went late into the night.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"256\" height=\"197\" src=\"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-68.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1574\" style=\"width:298px;height:auto\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By 7pm, both the National Dialogue Committee and the technical team were still holed up in a closed door meeting. The opposition had proposed that the controversial housing levy be scrapped or made voluntary among salaried Kenyans.  Other demands by the opposition included a proposal to cut tax on petroleum products. This now remains a pending  issue. As the new tax strategies have caused an upsurge on cost of living.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Final Report and Proposals of the Committee shall contain a list of agreed issues and those that were not agreed upon. The Final Report and Proposals of the Committee shall be presented to the respective Coalition Leaders. In addition, the Final Report and Proposals of the Committee shall be submitted to the Leader of the Majority Party and the Leader of the Minority Party of each House of Parliament,\u201d states the agreement signed on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It adds, \u201cUpon presentation of the Final Report and Proposals of the Committee, the Leader of the Majority Party  and the Leader of the Minority Party of each House of Parliament shall table them and ensure that any proposed reform is introduced in Parliament.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The recommendations agreed upon by the team led by Kenya Kwanza\u2019s Kimani Ichung\u2019wah and Azimio la Umoja\u2019s Kalonzo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1573,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.11 - 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