Media outlets reported on National Assembly Speaker Mr Job Ndugai ordering the Controller and Auditor General (CAG), Prof Mussa Assad to appear before the Parliamentary Privileges, Ethics and Powers Committee on January 21 to respond to allegations that he showed disrespect for the national legislative body following his recent remark that Parliament was weak in its oversight role.

The partial shutdown of the US government has become the longest ever, with no end in sight to the political standoff. On Saturday it reaches its 22nd day, overtaking the previous record- the 21-day shutdown in 1995-96 under then-President Bill Clinton.

The world’s richest 1% are on course to control as much as two-thirds of the world’s wealth by 2030 [1]. World leaders are being warned by the UK’s House of Commons library that the continued accumulation of wealth at the top will fuel growing distrust and anger over the coming decade unless action is taken to restore the balance [2].

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sent a new year message to US President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin, UK Prime Minister Theresa May, French President Emmanuel Macron, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi.