The Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury and Economic Planning, John Mbadi Ng’ongo, has extended the term of the Pending Bills Verification Committee by three months.
The extension, announced through a Kenya Gazette notice on September 19, 2025, takes effect from April 1, 2025, and will run until December 31, 2025.
“It is notified for the general information of the public that the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury has extended the term of the Pending Bills Verification Committee, with effect from the 1st April, 2025 up to the 31st December, 2025,” read the notice.
This is the second time the committee’s term has been extended under Mbadi. In February 2025, he extended its mandate for six months, beginning October 1, 2024, to March 31, 2025.
The team, chaired by former Auditor-General Edward Ouko, was formed in October 2023 by then Treasury CS Njuguna Ndung’u to validate pending bills. It has since cleared bills worth Sh206 billion, with approvals limited to those below Sh10 million.
As of June 2022, the national government’s pending bills stood at Sh481 billion.
Ouko is deputised by Tirop Kosgey. Other members include Ali Abdulrazaq, Hesbon Omollo, Eric Onyango Gumbo, Patience Mulondo, James Washington Munene Gitonga, Bernard Ndungu, Nicholas Munywoki Mutua, James Kung’u, Cassius Kusienya, Peter Kitheka and Margaret Gichimu. Maximus Siwa, Kanini Nthiga, Livingstone Mburu, David Kipchumba Ruto and Susan Oyatsi are also part of the team.
The committee’s role is to scrutinise and analyse pending bills accumulated between June 2005 and June 2022 and advise government on their settlement. It is also tasked with establishing clear criteria to determine the genuineness of claims before they are approved.
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