Editor's Review

President William Ruto has signed 4 new bills into law at State House, Nairobi.

President William Ruto on Friday, November 21, signed 4 new bills into law at State House, Nairobi.

The bills include the Government-Owned Enterprises Bill 2025, the County Governments Additional Allocations Bill 2025, the Capital Markets Amendment Bill 2025 and the repeal of the Provisional Collection of Taxes and Duties Act.

The signing ceremony was witnessed by National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula, National Treasury CS John Mbadi, Attorney General Dorcas Oduor, Kikuyu MP Kimani Ichung’wah, Narok Senator Ledama Olekina and Suba North MP Millie Odhiambo.

National Assembly Clerk Samuel Njoroge, nominated Senator Tabitha Mutinda and Gilgil MP Martha Wangari were also present.

The Government-Owned Enterprises Bill was passed in the National Assembly on November 14, 2025.

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Screengrab iamge of President Ruto assenting to 4 bills at State House. 

The bill provides a legal framework for the establishment, governance, performance, and ownership of government-owned entities.

Under the new law, all independent board members will be appointed through a transparent and competitive process.

The bill also establishes rigorous procedures for the establishment of government-owned enterprises with provisions that enhance their corporate governance and performance management to safeguard their long-term sustainability.

The law allows the Government to assign specified non-commercial public service obligations to some Government Owned Enterprises.

Further, it provides the legal basis for the establishment of the National Infrastructure Fund (NIF).

Meanwhile, the County Governments Additional Allocations Bill 2025 provides county governments with additional resources they require to deliver essential services and drive development.

The law effects additional conditional and unconditional allocations to counties from the national government’s share of revenue and development partners, amounting to Ksh70.6 billion for the 2025-2026 financial year.

The additional resources include a further allocation of Ksh9.98 billion for the settlement of doctors’ salaries arrears, community health promoters (CHPs) and county aggregation and industrial parks programme.

The Capital Markets Amendment Bill 2025, on the other hand, reviews the regulatory framework for licensing of capital markets intermediaries and makes the capital markets more efficient.

The repeal of the Provision Collection of Taxes and Duties bill removes from the laws of Kenya a 1959 statute that allowed parliament to introduce taxes before the full legislation was passed.

The statute was repealed after the court declared it unconstitutional in 2018.