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Upper house of Kenya's Parliament that votes on impeachments, approves county revenue allocations, and questions Cabinet Secretaries on government policy.
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… Speaking in the Senate on Wednesday, the Embu lawmaker warned that the increasing wave of unrest is disrupting learning, destroying school property, and causing anxiety among parents, teachers and communities. …
Senators raise concerns over rising student unrest casesCitizen Digital
… It was never meant to be this way." Present were First Lady Mama Rachel Ruto, Deputy President Kithure Kindiki, Chief of Kenya Defence Forces General Charles Kahariri, Parliamentary Speakers Moses Wetang'ula (National Assembly) and Amason Kingi (Senate), Cabinet Secretaries Kipch …
Ruto apologises for decades of marginalisation, pledges to transform Northern KenyaCapital News
… Sifuna revealed that a similar attempt in August 2023 was shelved by the Senate leadership due to lack of funding. …
Sifuna to revive Senate Probe on school overcrowding crisisCitizen Digital
… Reaction among Democrats was critical, with Senator Mark Warner, a member of the Senate's banking committee, saying the unprecedented proposal amounted to the White House blatantly "stoking the president's ego."
Trump's face could appear on US $250 billThe Standard
… Critics decried it as a travesty of multiparty democracy given ODM’s standing as the principal opposition force in both the Senate and the National Assembly. …
The Odingas will determine whether ODM lives or diesThe Standard
… ublic interest for Nakuru to continue enjoying the city status while it does not meet the basic threshold of a functional urban governance system.” The assembly has seven days to respond and 60 days to determine the issues, failure to which the petitioners will move to the Senate …
Two residents petition county assembly to revoke Nakuru's city statusCapital News
… My Lord, the first petitioner looks to you to grant him justice that was denied to him during the Senate impeachment proceedings. …
Muite Presses Court to Set Impeachment PrecedentThe Standard
Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua yesterday told the High Court that the attempt by the Attorney General and the Senate to avoid reopening the events of October 17, 2024 was aimed at preventing judges from finding that his accuser, Kibwezi West MP Mwengi Mutuse, had no evi …
Rigathi: Mutuse had no evidence that I could even hurt a flyCitizen Digital
… Audio By Vocalize A three-judge bench will deliver its verdict on June 8, 2026, in petitions challenging the constitutionality and legality of the removal of former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua from office by the National Assembly and the Senate following an impeachment proc …
Gachagua to know fate in impeachment case on June 8thCitizen Digital
Gachagua lawyers fault Senate over impeachment process By Dzuya Walter May 22, 2026 01:52 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter DP Rigathi Gachagua appears before the Senate during his impeachment hearing on Octo …
Gachagua lawyers fault Senate over impeachment processSection 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which permitted US spy agencies to collect foreign communications without a warrant, expired Saturday as Congress failed to pass a short-term extension. The lapse occurs as the United States co-hosts the World Cup with Canada and Mexico, amid ongoing deadlock over President Trump's intelligence leadership.
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Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which permitted US spy agencies to collect foreign communications without a warrant, expired Saturday as Congress failed to pass a short-term extension. The lapse occurs as the United States co-hosts the World Cup with Canada and Mexico, amid ongoing deadlock over President Trump's intelligence leadership.
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Kenya's Controller of Budget reports the national government spent far beyond Parliament's approval in key central offices during the nine months to March 2026, while accumulating Ksh.465.87 billion in unpaid bills despite discretionary spending on items including AFCON football subscriptions and hospitality at the Deputy President's office.
11 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The Senate and National Assembly Mediation Committee has reached a compromise to allocate Sh428 billion to counties as equitable share of revenue for the 2026/27 financial year after seven marathon meetings.
11 June 2026 · The Standard →
Treasury CS John Mbadi has proposed Sh50 billion for Parliament, Sh30.4 billion for the Judiciary, and Sh5.1 billion for the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission in the 2026-27 budget, saying these allocations will intensify anti-corruption efforts and reinforce public sector integrity. The budget also includes Sh51.5 billion for water and sewerage infrastructure, forest conservation allocations, and environment management funding.
11 June 2026 · The Standard →
An opinion piece argues that the High Court's decision on Rigathi Gachagua's impeachment case is flawed because the judges themselves found that the Senate denied him fair trial by refusing to adjourn the motion for his recovery, yet the court ruled against him anyway on an issue the writer characterizes as fundamental to the case.
11 June 2026 · The Standard →
Lands Cabinet Secretary Alice Wahome failed to attend Senate plenary on Wednesday to answer questions, citing prior planned engagements; Mining Cabinet Secretary Hassan Joho also missed a Senate appearance the previous week. Senators criticized the Cabinet Secretaries for not honouring their invites to discharge their mandates before the house.
11 June 2026 · The Standard →
Senators criticized Lands Cabinet Secretary Alice Wahome for failing to appear before the Senate plenary to answer questions, citing prior planned engagements communicated only late on Tuesday evening. Mining Cabinet Secretary Hassan Joho also failed to appear the previous week.
11 June 2026 · The Standard →
Senior Counsel Nelson Havi says former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua can run in the 2027 elections whether or not he appeals the High Court's decision upholding his impeachment, as he remains eligible until he exhausts all avenues of appeal including the Supreme Court.
10 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Former Chief Justice David Maraga says the High Court's judgment on the impeachment of former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua was flawed because it found his right to a fair hearing was violated but awarded him Ksh.50 million compensation rather than annulling the impeachment. Maraga argues that violating the constitutional right to a fair hearing should have resulted in nullifying the Senate's impeachment decision.
10 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Kenya's 47 county governments could receive Sh428 billion in equitable share funding if Parliament approves the Mediation Committee's recommendations on the Division of Revenue Bill, 2026, ending negotiations between the National Assembly and the Senate. The agreement also reinstates Clause 5, which protects county allocations from reductions due to national revenue shortfalls.
10 June 2026 · Capital News →
The Standard publishes legal commentary criticizing the High Court's decision in former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua's impeachment case. Multiple lawyers argue the court violated principles of natural justice by awarding Sh50 million in damages rather than ordering a fresh Senate hearing or quashing the impeachment, and contend that ordinary Kenyans will bear the cost of the damages award.
10 June 2026 · The Standard →
The Senate has begun filing an appeal against a High Court ruling that granted former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua a Sh 50 million award after finding his rights were violated during his 2024 ouster. Speaker Amason Kingi instructed Senate lawyers to challenge the ruling, arguing that while the court faulted the Senate for violating Gachagua's rights, it did not account for the circumstances of the impeachment proceedings, including the former Deputy President's absence on the final day.
10 June 2026 · The Standard →
The Senate will challenge a High Court decision that awarded former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua KSh50 million in compensation for infringement of his right to a fair trial, with Senate Speaker Amason Kingi arguing the court's finding was erroneous and that the Judiciary should not interfere with the Senate's constitutional mandate to conduct impeachment trials.
9 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The High Court upheld former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua's impeachment and ordered the Senate to pay him Ksh.50 million in constitutional damages for violating his right to a fair trial. Gachagua rejected the award, saying he pursued justice rather than money and claiming he had previously declined a Ksh.2 billion offer from President Ruto to resign.
9 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has dismissed a High Court's Sh50 million damages award for violation of his right to fair hearing in his impeachment case as "an insult," saying the judgment itself confirmed his impeachment process violated his constitutional rights and should have been nullified. He has instructed his legal team to move to the Court of Appeal, arguing that constitutional supremacy rather than monetary compensation was at stake.
9 June 2026 · Capital News →
People's Liberation Party leader Martha Karua has criticised the High Court's upholding of former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua's impeachment, describing the judgment as "flawed and troubling." The court found the impeachment constitutionally valid but acknowledged that the Senate violated Gachagua's right to a fair hearing by refusing to adjourn proceedings on medical grounds; Karua argues this violation should have resulted in nullification of proceedings, not merely damages.
9 June 2026 · Capital News →
Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has filed a notice of appeal after a High Court three-judge bench upheld his impeachment, maintaining the court erred in its judgment. The Senate has also indicated it will cross-appeal the portion of the judgment that awarded Gachagua Sh50 million in damages for violation of his right to fair hearing.
9 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Law Society of Kenya President Charles Kanjama described the High Court ruling on former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua's impeachment as a balanced outcome where each party has won something but none achieved a clean victory.
9 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →
A High Court panel has upheld the Senate's decision to remove former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua from office but awarded him Sh50 million in compensation for violation of his rights, declining his request for reinstatement.
9 June 2026 · The Standard →
The National and Senate Assembly Mediation Committee remains unable to resolve disagreement over counties' revenue share for 2026/2027: the Senate insists on Sh443 billion while the National Assembly maintains Sh425 billion.
9 June 2026 · The Standard →
The High Court upheld former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua's impeachment but awarded him Sh50 million in compensation for violation of his rights by the Senate, declining to reinstate him.
9 June 2026 · The Standard →
A three-judge High Court bench found that former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua was denied a fair hearing by the Senate but upheld his impeachment and removal from office, awarding him Sh50 million in damages. Legal experts including the Law Society of Kenya President have criticized the ruling as inconsistent with precedent, noting it is unusual for a court to find a fair trial violation yet sustain the outcome.
9 June 2026 · The Standard →
A High Court judge in Kiambu has asked lawyer Shadrack Wambui to consider withdrawing an application seeking to stop the Senate from debating a motion to review retired President Uhuru Kenyatta's retirement benefits. The judge noted that the matter has not yet been listed on any Senate order paper for debate and the court cannot proceed based on speculation.
9 June 2026 · The Standard →
Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua said he will appeal the High Court's decision upholding his impeachment, arguing that his constitutional right to a fair hearing was violated during the process and that principles of natural justice were disregarded in Senate proceedings.
9 June 2026 · The Standard →
The High Court upheld the impeachment of former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua as constitutionally valid and final, dismissing petitions to overturn his removal and affirming that both the National Assembly and Senate acted within their constitutional mandates. The court found the Senate violated his rights by refusing to adjourn proceedings for medical reasons, awarding him Sh50 million in compensation.
8 June 2026 · Capital News →
The High Court has dismissed former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua's petition challenging his October 2024 impeachment, upholding Parliament's impeachment process and rejecting his claims of bias against the Speaker and procedural irregularities in the public participation process.
8 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Mediation talks on the Division of Revenue Bill 2026 have made significant progress, with negotiations focused on Clause 5, designed to protect counties from spending cuts during revenue shortfalls. The Senate and National Assembly have narrowed their positions—the Assembly has increased its offer to Sh425 billion and the Senate has reduced its demand to Sh440 billion.
8 June 2026 · Capital News →
The High Court in Nairobi is delivering its verdict on former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua's petition challenging his October 2024 removal from office as unconstitutional. A three-judge bench led by Justices Eric Ogola, Anthony Mrima, and Freda Mugambi will determine whether to uphold or overturn the Senate's impeachment decision.
8 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →
A three-judge bench at the High Court is set to deliver judgment in the case filed by former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, who is challenging the legality and constitutionality of his impeachment by the Senate. Although Gachagua has dropped his bid for reinstatement, he is seeking compensation and damages for what he terms an unlawful process.
8 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua did not attend his landmark court ruling on his impeachment challenge on June 8, watching instead from home with his wife and opposition politicians. A three-justice bench delivered the ruling nearly 20 months after Gachagua became Kenya's first deputy president to be constitutionally impeached, with Gachagua's petition arguing the removal was unconstitutional.
8 June 2026 · The Standard →