Committees
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 & 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 ==
Composition of the Kenyan National Assembly (12th Parliament, 2017–2022)
Notes: The two primary blocs were the Jubilee Coalition (ruling) and the National Super Alliance (NASA) (opposition). • The Jubilee Giant: The Jubilee Party alone held nearly 50% of the house. With its affiliates, it maintained a comfortable working majority (over 200 seats). • The NASA Bloc: While a formidable opposition with 127 seats, the coalition was significantly smaller than the ruling bloc, making it difficult to block legislation without the help of independents or disgruntled Jubilee members. • Independents: With 14 members, Independents actually held more seats than several established political parties like FORD-Kenya or KANU. • Jubilee Leaners: Includes PDR, PNU, DP, Frontier Alliance, and NAPK. • NASA Leaners: Includes CCM, Muungano, MDG, and CCU. • Others: Includes KNC, KPP, PDP, ND, and the vacant seat.* ==Composition of the Kenyan National Assembly (13th Parliament, 2022–2027)==
Composition of the Kenyan National Assembly (13th Parliament, 2022–2027)
Break down of the 13th Parliament of Kenya by its two primary coalitions: Kenya Kwanza (Government) and Azimio la Umoja One Kenya (Opposition). Notes: • Since the 2022 election, several parties (such as UDM and MDG) and Independent members signed "post-election cooperation agreements" with the government, effectively moving them from the Azimio/Independent column to the Kenya Kwanza voting bloc. • Coalition Shifts (*): Parties marked with an asterisk were originally part of Azimio or were independent but moved to Kenya Kwanza shortly after the election to grant President William Ruto a working majority. • **The Speaker:** While Moses Wetang’ula is the leader of FORD-Kenya, as Speaker, he is an ex-officio member and does not vote except in the case of a tie. • Majority Threshold: A simple majority in the 349-member house (excluding the Speaker) requires 175 seats. ==See also==