List of Members of the Senate in Kenya from 2017 to 2022

List of Members of the Senate in Kenya from 2017 to 2022. The Senate is the upper house of the Parliament of Kenya. The Senate was first established as part of Kenya’s 1963 Constitution. After being abolished in 1966, the Senate was re-established by the 2010 Constitution.

The Senate
12th Parliament
Type
Type	Upper house of the Parliament of Kenya
History
Founded	1963 and 2013
New session started	31 August 2017
Leadership
Speaker	Ken Lusaka, Jubilee since 31 August 2017
Deputy Speaker	Margaret Kamar, Jubilee since 11 May 2020
Majority Leader	Samuel Poghisio, Kanu since 11 May 2020
Minority Leader	James Orengo, NASA since 20 March 2018
Majority Whip	Irungu Kang’ata, Jubilee since 11, May 2020
Structure
Seats	67
Political groups	Government (34)   Jubilee (34) Opposition(33)   National Super Alliance (28)   Independent (1)   Other Parties (4)
Length of term	5 years
Elections
Voting system	47 First Past the Post, 20 co-opted, 1 ex-officio
Last election	8 August 2017
Meeting place
Parliament Buildings, Nairobi, Kenya
Website
Official website

First Senate, 1963–1966

Kenya’s 1963 Constitution established a Senate that consisted of 41 senators elected for six years, with one-third of the members retiring every two years. Timothy Chokwe served as the first speaker of the Senate.^[6] The Senate was abolished in 1966, when its membership was combined with that of the House of Representatives to form a unicameral legislature, the National Assembly. Members of the Senate in Kenya

Modern Senate, 2013–present

The 2013 Kenya Senate elections took place on 4 March 2013. Under the new constitution, which was passed during the 2010 referendum, the 2013 general election was the first to include the election of Senators representing the 47 newly created counties. They were also the first general elections run by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission. According to their share of elected seats, the political parties nominated an additional 16 women. Additional nominations were made for two members representing the youth and two members representing persons with disabilities. The speaker, who is an ex officio member, was elected by the senators sworn in on the first sitting of the Senate. Members of the Senate in Kenya

Powers and role of the Senate in Kenya

The powers and role of the Senate in Kenya are as follows:

• Empowered to represent the interests of the counties and their governments
• Participates in law-making by considering, debating and approving bills concerning counties
• Determines allocation of national revenue among counties.
• Has powers of impeachment over the president, deputy president, county governor, and deputy governors

Members of the Senate from 2017 to 2022

Elected senators (Members of the Senate in Kenya)

Members of the senate between 2013 and 2017

The Senate consists of 47 members directly elected by their counties, 16 women nominated by the political parties according to their relative strength in the Senate elections, two members to represent the youth, and two members to represent persons with disabilities.

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Elected senators

Women nominated to the senate

Members nominated to senate to represent youth

Members nominated to senate to represent people with disabilities

Summary by coalition and party between 2013 and 2017

These summaries are based on post-election coalitions as reported by the press.

Committees