What is the Speaker’s Panel?
Eddy Ashioya
The panel is appointed for the tenure of a term of parliament (five years) and may be replaced at the behest of the Speaker in
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The panel is appointed for the tenure of a term of parliament (five years) and may be replaced at the behest of the Speaker in
When 65-year-old Moses Masika Wetangula was elected as the Speaker of the 13th Parliament on Thursday 8 September 2022, he became the 8th Speaker in
The Oath of Office ceremony, which is officiated by the Clerks of the respective houses, was the key moment of the day as both MPs
The procedure for electing a Deputy Speaker is, for the most part, the same as that prescribed for the election of the Speaker of the
To be declared elected as Speaker, a candidate must garner votes of two-thirds or 45 of the 67 Senators in the House.
Electing a Speaker is a thorough procedure which starts with the declaration of said vacancy by the National Assembly clerk. Ergo, a vacancy in the
As the leader(s) of one arm of government, the Speakers of the National Assembly and the Senate are so crucial considering the two Houses cannot
On 27 August 2010, a new constitution was promulgated by the third President of Kenya, the late Mwai Kibaki and with it came a bicameral
Kenya’s parliament traces its roots back to pre-colonial Kenya. In 1906, the Legislative Council (LegCo) was established by the colonial government and sat for the
A star-studded lineup featuring Heads of State, 2,500 dignitaries and members of the diplomatic corps, and thousands of Kenyans will grace the swearing-in ceremony of
