Senate of Kenya
upper house of the Parliament of Kenya
The Senate is the upper house of the Parliament of Kenya. The Senate was first part of Kenya's 1963 Constitution. It was abolished in 1966. The Senate was re-created by the 2010 Constitution and became part of the national parliament in 2013.
The Senate | |
|---|---|
| 12th Parliament | |
| Type | |
| Type | of the Parliament of Kenya |
| History | |
| Founded | 1963 and 2013 |
New session started | 31 August 2017 |
| Leadership | |
Speaker | |
Deputy Speaker | |
Majority Leader | |
Minority Leader | |
Majority Whip | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 67 |
 | |
Political groups | Government (34)[4] Jubilee (34) Opposition (33)[4] National Super Alliance (28)[4] Independent (1)[4] Other Parties (4) |
Length of term | 5 years |
| Elections | |
| 47 First Past the Post, 20 co-opted, 1 ex-officio | |
Last election | 8 August 2017 |
| Meeting place | |
 | |
| Parliament Buildings,[5] Nairobi, Kenya | |
| Website | |
| Official website | |
References
change- ↑ "Former Bungoma Governor Ken Lusaka elected Senate Speaker".
- ↑ "Poghisio elected Senate majority leader in new changes".
- ↑ "Kenya's president purges Senate of deputy's allies as rift widens". Archived from the original on 2022-01-02. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "FACTSHEET: Kenya's new parliament by numbers".
- ↑ "Senators finally occupy refurbished chambers".
