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The National Assembly of the Republic of Kenya is one of the two Houses of the Parliament of Kenya. Between 1966 and 2013, it served as a unicameral house. In 2013 (11th Parliament), it became the lower house when the Senate was reestablished.
House Business Committee: creates Parliamentary calendar; schedules committee business; issues directives and guidelines to prioritise or postpone any business of the House.
Procedure & House Rules Committee: proposes rules for the orderly and effective conduct of committee business.
Liaison Committee: guides and co-ordinates the operations, policies and mandates of all committees.
Committee on Selection: nominates members to serve in committees.
Committee on Members Services & Facilities.
Investigatory Committees
Public Accounts Committee: responsible for the examination of the accounts showing the appropriations of the sum voted by the House to meet the public expenditure and of such other accounts
Public Investments Committee: examines the reports and accounts of public investments
Special Funds Accounts Committee: examines the reports and accounts of national Funds except the National Governments Constituency Development Fund (NGCDF)
Departmental committees:
Defence and Foreign Relations Committee: Defence, intelligence, foreign relations diplomatic and consular services, international boundaries, international relations, agreements, treaties and conventions
Administration and National Security Committee: National security, police services, home affairs, public administration, public service, prisons, immigration and the management of natural disasters, community service orders
Agriculture & Livestock Committee: Agriculture, livestock, irrigation, fisheries development, co-operatives development, production and marketing
Environment and Natural Resources Committee: Matters relating to climate change, environment management and conservation, forestry, water resource management, wildlife, mining and natural resources, pollution and waste management
Education & Research Committee: Education, training, research and technological advancement
Energy Committee: Fossil fuels exploration, Development, production, maintenance and regulation of energy, communication, information, broadcasting and Information Communications Technology (ICT) development and management
Finance and Planning: Public finance, monetary policies, public debt, financial institutions, investment and divestiture policies, pricing policies, banking, insurance, population, revenue policies, planning, national development, trade, tourism promotion and management, commerce and industry
Health Committee: Matters related to health, medical care and health insurance
Justice and Legal Affairs Committee: Constitutional affairs, the administration of law and justice, including the Judiciary, public prosecutions, elections, ethics, integrity and anti-corruption and human rights
Labour and Social Welfare Committee: Labour, trade union relations, manpower or human resource planning, gender, culture and social welfare, youth, National Youth Service children's welfare; national heritage, betting, lotteries and sports
Lands Committee: Matters related to lands and settlement
Transport, Public Works and Housing Committee: Transport, roads, public works, construction and maintenance of roads, rails and buildings, air, seaports and housing
Trade, Industry and Cooperatives Committee
Communication, Information and Innovation Committee
Other Select committees:
Budget and Appropriations Committee: investigates, inquires into and reports on all matters related to co-ordination, control and monitoring of the national budget; examines the Budget Policy Statement; examines bills related to the national budget, specifically the Appropriations Bill, the Supplementary Appropriation Bill, the Division of Revenue Bill and the County Allocation of Revenue Bill
Committee on Implementation: responsible for scrutinising the resolutions of the House (including adopted committee reports), petitions and the undertakings given by the National Executive
Committee on Delegated Legislation: delegates on statutory instruments submitted to the Assembly
Committee on Regional Integration: examine the records of all the relevant debates and resolutions of the meetings of the East African Legislative Assembly; inquires into and examines any other matter relating to regional integration generally requiring action by the House
Committee on Appointments:
National Government Constituency Development Fund Committee
Constitution Implementation Oversight Committee
Pensions Committee
Committee on National Cohesion and Equal Opportunity
Parliamentary Broadcasting and Library Committee
Coalition and party summary
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This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources National Assembly Kenya news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2014 Learn how and when to remove this template message Parts of this article those related to composition after the 2017 elections need to be updated Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information September 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message The National Assembly of the Republic of Kenya is one of the two Houses of the Parliament of Kenya Between 1966 and 2013 it served as a unicameral house In 2013 11th Parliament it became the lower house when the Senate was reestablished National Assembly of the Republic of Kenya13th ParliamentTypeTypeLower house of the Parliament of KenyaHistoryFounded1963Preceded byLegislative Council of KenyaLeadershipSpeakerMoses Wetang ula Kenya Kwanza since 8 September 2022Deputy SpeakerGladys Boss Shollei Kenya KwanzaMajority LeaderKimani Ichungwah Kenya KwanzaMajority WhipSilvanos Osoro Kenya KwanzaMinority LeaderOpiyo Wandayi Azimio la UmojaMinority WhipJunet Muhamed Azimio la UmojaStructureSeats349Political groupsGovernment 179 Kenya Kwanza 179 UDA 143 ANC 7 FORD K 6 TSP 2 CCK 1 DP 1 GDDP 1 PAA 3 UDM 5 MCC 2 UPIA 2 UPA 2 MDG 1 Opposition 158 Azimio la Umoja 158 ODM 89 Jubilee 30 Wiper 26 DAP 5 KANU 5 KUP 3 NOPEU 1 NAP 1 UDP 1 Independents 12 Independents 12 ElectionsVoting systemFirst past the postLast election9 August 2022Next election2027Meeting placeParliament buildings Nairobi KenyaWebsiteOfficial websiteIt has a total of 349 seats 290 elected from the constituencies 47 women elected from the counties and 12 nominated representatives The Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya serves as an ex officio member The High Court of Kenya ordered lawmakers to introduce gender quotas or face dissolution in the mid 2010s following the implementation of the 2010 Constitution 1 Contents 1 Committees 2 Coalition and party summary 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksCommittees Edit Entrance to the Parliament Buildings Nairobi Parliament buildings Nairobi House Keeping committees House Business Committee creates Parliamentary calendar schedules committee business issues directives and guidelines to prioritise or postpone any business of the House Procedure amp House Rules Committee proposes rules for the orderly and effective conduct of committee business Liaison Committee guides and co ordinates the operations policies and mandates of all committees Committee on Selection nominates members to serve in committees Committee on Members Services amp Facilities Investigatory Committees Public Accounts Committee responsible for the examination of the accounts showing the appropriations of the sum voted by the House to meet the public expenditure and of such other accounts Public Investments Committee examines the reports and accounts of public investmentsSpecial Funds Accounts Committee examines the reports and accounts of national Funds except the National Governments Constituency Development Fund NGCDF Departmental committees Defence and Foreign Relations Committee Defence intelligence foreign relations diplomatic and consular services international boundaries international relations agreements treaties and conventions Administration and National Security Committee National security police services home affairs public administration public service prisons immigration and the management of natural disasters community service orders Agriculture amp Livestock Committee Agriculture livestock irrigation fisheries development co operatives development production and marketing Environment and Natural Resources Committee Matters relating to climate change environment management and conservation forestry water resource management wildlife mining and natural resources pollution and waste management Education amp Research Committee Education training research and technological advancement Energy Committee Fossil fuels exploration Development production maintenance and regulation of energy communication information broadcasting and Information Communications Technology ICT development and management Finance and Planning Public finance monetary policies public debt financial institutions investment and divestiture policies pricing policies banking insurance population revenue policies planning national development trade tourism promotion and management commerce and industry Health Committee Matters related to health medical care and health insurance Justice and Legal Affairs Committee Constitutional affairs the administration of law and justice including the Judiciary public prosecutions elections ethics integrity and anti corruption and human rights Labour and Social Welfare Committee Labour trade union relations manpower or human resource planning gender culture and social welfare youth National Youth Service children s welfare national heritage betting lotteries and sports Lands Committee Matters related to lands and settlement Transport Public Works and Housing Committee Transport roads public works construction and maintenance of roads rails and buildings air seaports and housing Trade Industry and Cooperatives Committee Communication Information and Innovation CommitteeOther Select committees Budget and Appropriations Committee investigates inquires into and reports on all matters related to co ordination control and monitoring of the national budget examines the Budget Policy Statement examines bills related to the national budget specifically the Appropriations Bill the Supplementary Appropriation Bill the Division of Revenue Bill and the County Allocation of Revenue Bill Committee on Implementation responsible for scrutinising the resolutions of the House including adopted committee reports petitions and the undertakings given by the National Executive Committee on Delegated Legislation delegates on statutory instruments submitted to the Assembly Committee on Regional Integration examine the records of all the relevant debates and resolutions of the meetings of the East African Legislative Assembly inquires into and examines any other matter relating to regional integration generally requiring action by the House Committee on Appointments National Government Constituency Development Fund Committee Constitution Implementation Oversight Committee Pensions Committee Committee on National Cohesion and Equal Opportunity Parliamentary Broadcasting and Library CommitteeCoalition and party summary EditThis section needs to be updated Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information December 2017 See also Kenya National Assembly elections 2013 For a list of current members see 12th Parliament of Kenya MembersPrior to the 2013 elections the Jubilee Alliance consisted of The National Alliance United Republican Party and the National Rainbow Coalition After the results were announced Jubilee made post election agreements with the New Ford Kenya Alliance Party of Kenya Chama Cha Uzalendo People s Democratic Party Ford People Kenya African National Union and United Democratic Forum 2 3 Reports indicate that two independents NARC Kenya and one member of the Federal Party of Kenya also agreed to work with Jubilee 4 Members between 2013 and 2017 Coalition Party ConstituencyRepresentatives Women CountyRepresentatives NominatedRepresentatives TotalJubilee TNA 72 14 3 89URP 62 10 3 75UDF 11 1 12KANU 6 6NFK 4 2 6APK 5 5FORD P 4 4NARC 3 3CCU 2 2Independent 2 2FPK 1 1NARC Kenya 1 1PDP 1 1Total 174 26 7 207CORD ODM 78 15 3 96WDM K 18 6 1 25FORD KENYA 9 1 10FPK 2 2KADU ASIL 1 1MP 1 1TIP 1 1Total 110 21 5 136Eagle KNC 2 2Total 2 0 0 2Unaffiliated Independent 1 1MDP 1 1Total 2 0 0 2Vacant 2 0 0 2Total 290 47 12 349See also EditNational Assembly of Kenya elections 2007 Constitution of KenyaGeneral History of Kenya List of national legislatures Legislative branchReferences Edit Kenya court orders parliament to pass gender quota Retrieved 31 March 2017 allAfrica com Kenya NARC s Kagwe to Be Senate Leader allAfrica com Retrieved 16 November 2014 Mudavadi s UDF inks deal with Uhuru Capital News 8 April 2013 Retrieved 16 November 2014 Uhuru woos small parties to join Jubilee Daily Nation Kenya Retrieved 16 November 2014 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Parliament of Kenya Parliament of KenyaCoordinates 1 17 24 S 36 49 12 E 1 29000 S 36 82000 E 1 29000 36 82000 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title National Assembly Kenya amp oldid 1123205879, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
