Parliament of Kenya

The Parliament of Kenya is the bicameral legislature of Kenya.[3] It consists of two houses:

Parliament of Kenya Swahili: Bunge la Kenya
12th Parliament

Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Senate National Assembly
History
Preceded by	11th Parliament
New session started	31 August 2017 (2017-08-31)
Leadership
Assembly Chairman	Justin Muturi, Jubilee
Senate President	Ken Lusaka, Jubilee
Structure
Seats	349 (assembly) 67 (senate)
Assembly political groups	Government Jubilee Party (171) Opposition National Super Alliance (126) Other Parties (52)[1]
Senate political groups	Government (34)[2] Jubilee (34) Opposition(33)[2] National Super Alliance (28)[2] Independent (1)[2] Other Parties (4)
Length of term	5 years
Elections
Assembly voting system	Mixed-Member Majoritarian
Senate voting system	Mixed-Member Majoritarian
Assembly last election	8 August 2017
Senate last election	8 August 2017
Meeting place

Parliament Buildings and KICC Nairobi, Kenya
Website
www.parliament.go.ke

References

"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-04-21. Retrieved 2018-02-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
https://africacheck.org/factsheets/factsheet-kenyas-new-parliament-numbers/
"Establishment and role of Parliament". parliament.go.ke. Archived from the original on 1 April 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2013.

National bicameral legislatures
Federal	Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Canada Ethiopia Germany India Malaysia Mexico Nepal Nigeria Pakistan Russia Somalia South Sudan Sudan Switzerland United States
Unitary	Afghanistan Algeria Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Bahrain Barbados Belarus Belize Bhutan Bolivia Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Chile Colombia Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Czech Republic Dominican Republic Equatorial Guinea Eswatini France Gabon Grenada Haiti Indonesia Ireland Italy Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Lesotho Liberia Madagascar Morocco Myanmar Namibia Netherlands Oman Palau Paraguay Philippines Poland Romania Rwanda Saint Lucia Slovenia South Africa Spain Tajikistan Thailand Trinidad and Tobago United Kingdom Uruguay Uzbekistan Zimbabwe
Dependent and other territories	American Samoa Bermuda Isle of Man Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico
Non-UN states	Somaliland
Historical	Venezuela (1811-1999) Confederate States (1862–1865) Czechoslovakia (1920–1939) (1969–1992) Estonia (1938–1940) Serbia (1901–1903) Soviet Union (1938–1991) Yugoslavia (1931–1939, 1945–1963, 1974–1992) FR Yugoslavia (1992–2003)
Related	Unicameralism List of legislatures by country
National unicameral legislatures National lower houses National upper houses

Legislatures in Africa
Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Western Sahara Zambia Zimbabwe
Dependencies, autonomies, other territories	Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla (Spain) Madeira (Portugal) Mayotte / Réunion (France) Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom) Somaliland (Somalia) Zanzibar (Tanzania)
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