… Four years later, the alliance between their powerful families lies in ruins and she is facing a battle for her political life in a Senate impeachment trial that could see her permanently barred from elected office. …
… Four years later, the alliance between their powerful families lies in ruins and she is facing a battle for her political life in a Senate impeachment trial that could see her permanently barred from elected office. …
… Ruto also assented to the Parliamentary Pensions (Amendment) Bill, 2023, which aligns the parliamentary pension framework with the Constitution and extends pension benefits to members of both the National Assembly and the Senate. …
… without arms.Participants will gather at Jevanjee Gardens from 8 a.m. before a procession begins at 9 a.m. through Nairobi's Central Business District to Parliament Buildings, where the petition will be presented to the Speakers and members of the National Assembly and the Senate …
… Justice Mande found that the National Assembly had provided adequate opportunities for public participation before passing the Bill and further ruled that the Senate's involvement was not necessary because the legislation did not concern county governments. …
… Infotrak data revealed some of the best-performing lawmakers in the National Assembly and Senate, reflecting how the electorate perceives their leadership.“This mirror will only matter if leaders and citizens alike are willing to look into it and act on what they see,” she said. …
… However, the court rejected arguments that Parliament acted unconstitutionally by excluding the Senate from the legislative process, finding the amendments did not concern county governments.It also held that the enactment process satisfied constitutional requirements on public p …
… The AI Bill 2026 received its first reading in the Senate on April 2, 2026, while the lesser-known document, already in force, was issued by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board in February as guidelines for regulating medical device software in Kenya (MDSW). …
The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) has come under scrutiny for proceeding with the implementation of controversial transport regulations after securing approval from the National Assembly but before obtaining the Senate’s approval. …
… I also promised the Senate and the National Assembly that we would take them on guided tours to witness the progress on roads, Nairobi River regeneration, housing and non-motorized transport projects," he said. …
President William Ruto has declined to sign the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal (Amendment) Bill, 2024, and returned it to Parliament with proposed changes, citing concerns that provisions could hurt Kenya's investment climate and weaken the public procurement framework. The President exercised his constitutional powers to refer the Bill back, objecting to 17 clauses including definitions of local and foreign firms that he argues are impractical and could undermine efforts to attract foreign direct investment.
President William Ruto has declined to sign the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal (Amendment) Bill, 2024, and returned it to Parliament with proposed changes, citing concerns that provisions could hurt Kenya's investment climate and weaken the public procurement framework. The President exercised his constitutional powers to refer the Bill back, objecting to 17 clauses including definitions of local and foreign firms that he argues are impractical and could undermine efforts to attract foreign direct investment.
Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has denied making ethnically inciteful comments targeting the Kikuyu community in Mandera County, claiming his remarks were taken out of context. The National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) has launched an investigation into the allegations following complaints about the remarks circulating on social media.
The debate over tackling goon culture in Kenya is becoming a blame game, with top leaders, Kenyans, and clergy calling for stricter security measures to curb the menace.
Parliament disclosed it spent Sh26,328,500 on the 2025 National Prayer Breakfast following a High Court judgment ordering the disclosure after a freedom of information request. The Clerk of the Senate said the event, held annually at Safari Park Hotel on the last Thursday of May, is partly funded from the Parliamentary Service Commission's budget and broadcast live for Kenyans unable to attend in person.
The High Court has struck out a petition by Vocal Africa seeking to bar National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang'ula and Senate Speaker Amason Kingi from political activities, ruling that the petitioners failed to exhaust statutory dispute resolution mechanisms under the Leadership and Integrity Act before filing the case.
France's Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill banning social media access for children under 15, making France the first European country to bar children from apps such as TikTok. President Emmanuel Macron championed the ban and pledged to enforce it by September.
The Senate has annulled three legal notices from the NTSA that sought to tighten vehicle inspection and safety requirements for school transport, commercial vehicles, and private motorists, after lawmakers found fault with the regulations and their implementation.
An opinion piece argues that Kenya's public healthcare system treats infertility as a "lifestyle choice" rather than a medical condition, leaving affected families in debt despite one in four couples experiencing subfertility. The author calls for state funding of reproductive health treatments and removal of barriers to assisted reproductive technology.
Kenya's Senate Standing Committee on Devolution has endorsed Thika's elevation to city status, which would make it Kenya's sixth city and the first urban centre in the Mount Kenya region to attain the designation. The committee found that the Kiambu municipality met constitutional and statutory thresholds, demonstrating sufficient institutional capacity, urban development indicators, infrastructure, public utilities, and critical social services.
National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang'ula and Senate Speaker Amason Kingi asked the High Court to dismiss a petition seeking to bar them from partisan political campaigns, contending that the Constitution permits elected state officers to engage in politics.
The Senate has approved the conferment of city status to Thika Municipality, and the resolution has been transmitted to President William Ruto for the issuance of a charter.
National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang'ula and Senate Speaker Amason Kingi urged the High Court to dismiss a petition seeking to bar them from participating in partisan political campaigns, arguing that the Constitution expressly permits elected state officers to engage in politics.
National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang'ula and Senate Speaker Amason Kingi have urged the High Court to reject an application seeking to bar them from partisan political activities, arguing the case is premature and should have used internal Parliament dispute resolution procedures first. Their lawyers contended that similar issues are already before the Court of Appeal in six separate cases.
National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang'ula and Senate Speaker Amason Kingi have asked the High Court to reject a petition seeking to bar them from partisan political activities, arguing the case is premature and that petitioners should have exhausted internal parliamentary remedies and appeals already before the Court of Appeal first.
National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang'ula and Senate Speaker Amason Kingi have opposed an application for conservatory orders to bar them from engaging in political activities, arguing the petition is premature, politically motivated, and filed in the wrong forum. Their lawyers urged the High Court to dismiss it, contending the petitioners should have exhausted alternative dispute resolution mechanisms first.
National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang'ula and Senate Speaker Amason Kingi have opposed an application seeking conservatory orders to bar them from engaging in political activities, arguing the petition is premature, politically motivated, and filed in the wrong forum. Their lawyers urged the High Court to dismiss the application, contending the petitioners failed to exhaust alternative dispute resolution mechanisms before moving to court.
Kenya's Senate rejected a petition seeking to create a legal framework allowing citizens to remove the President and Governors from office, ruling that such a mechanism would contradict existing constitutional provisions and could only be introduced through constitutional amendment.
A petition tabled before the Senate seeks to limit the tenure of nominated Members of County Assembly to one term, arguing that repeated nominations of the same individuals subvert the Constitution and convert public positions into personal property while locking out youth, women, and persons with disabilities.
Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna has been removed as Senate Deputy Minority Whip and replaced by Migori Senator Eddy Oketch, following a meeting convened by Senate Minority Whip Ledama Ole Kina. The Azimio la Umoja coalition complained about the short notice and lack of agenda transparency for the meeting, where 11 Senators voted to remove Sifuna.
An LPG storage facility expected to lower cooking gas costs through bulk importing has been delayed until 2028. The delay undermines President Ruto's 2023 pledge to subsidise 6kg cylinder refills to Sh300-500.
A guest columnist argues that while county hospitals lack medicine, agricultural extension officers are absent, and roads remain unresourced, these failures reflect poor implementation by Kenyans rather than a flaw in the devolution system that the 2010 constitution established.
Citizen Digital's Vincent Obadha argues that the National Transport and Safety Authority, created in 2012 to consolidate road safety functions, has increasingly prioritized designing new fee structures and compliance regimes with revenue projections over demonstrating genuine safety benefits.
A growing number of countries are implementing or proposing restrictions on children's access to social media, with more than 20 countries now involved and five already enforcing measures, mostly targeting children under 15 or 16. The European Union is considering similar regulations, with an expert committee set to submit recommendations to the European Commission.
The High Court has issued conservatory orders restraining Senate Speaker Amason Kingi and National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang'ula from using their offices to promote or oppose political parties, coalitions or candidates while serving as Speakers. The court barred them from using their office's authority, prestige, dignity, influence or privileges in partisan political campaigns pending hearing of the case.