The National Assembly is the lower house of the Parliament of Kenya. Prior to the 11th Parliament, it had served as the unicameral, and until 1966, bicameral, legislature of the country.
It has a total of 349 seats; 290 elected from the constituencies, 47 women elected from the counties and 12 nominated representatives. The speaker serves as an ex officio member.
House Keeping Committees
House Business Committee: Parliamentary Calendar – scheduling or programming of the business – issue directives and guidelines to prioritise or postpone any business of the House
Procedure and House Rules Committee: propose rules for the orderly and effective conduct of committee business
Liaison Committee: guide and co-ordinate the operations, policies and mandates of all Committees
Committee on Selection: nominates members to serve in Committees
Catering and Health Club Committee
Standing Committees
Committee on Appointments: In the absence of the Speaker, the Committee elects a member, from amongst its members to chair the meeting
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: examine the reports and accounts of the public investments
Budget and Appropriations Committee: investigate, inquire into and report on all matters related to co-ordination, control and monitoring of the national budget – examine the Budget Policy Statement – examine Bills related to the national budget
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: delegate 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 – inquire into and examine any other matter relating to regional integration generally requiring action by the House
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 and Cooperatives 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 and Technology Committee: Education, training, research and technological advancement.
Energy, Communication and Information Committee: Fossil fuels exploration, Development, production, maintenance and regulation of energy, communication, information, broadcasting and Information Communications Technology (ICT) development and management.
Finance, Planning and Trade Committee: 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.
Other Committees
Committee on Constituency Development Fund
Constitution Implementation Oversight Committee
Pensions Committee
Joint Committees of the Senate and National Assembly
Joint Committee on National Cohesion and Equal Opportunity
Joint Parliamentary Broadcasting and Library Committee
Coalition and Party Summary
See also, Kenya National Assembly elections, 2013. For a list of current members, see 11th Parliament of Kenya#Members
Prior to the 2013 elections, the Jubilee Alliance consisted of The National Alliance, United Republican Party, and the National Rainbow Coalition. After the results were announced, Jubilee made post-election agreements with the New Ford Kenya, Alliance Party of Kenya, Chama Cha Uzalendo, Peoples Democratic Party, Ford People, Kenya African National Union, and United Democratic Forum. Reports indicate that two independents, NARC-Kenya, and one member of the Federal Party of Kenya also agreed to work with Jubilee.
