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The Eleventh Parliament of Kenya is the meeting of the legislative branch of the Kenyan national government, which began on March 28, 2013. It is the first Parliament to incorporate the structural reforms laid out in the 2010 Constitution. The 11th Parliament reestablished the Senate and increased the size of the National Assembly from 224 seats to 349 seats.

In the 2013 parliamentary elections, the Jubilee Alliance won a plurality of seats in both the National Assembly and the Senate.

Major events

• Jubilee signed post-election coalition agreements with the New Ford Kenya, Alliance Party of Kenya, Chama Cha Uzalendo, People Democratic Party, Ford People, and Kenya African National Union.
  • Reports indicate that in the National Assembly, two independents and one member of the Federal Party of Kenya have agreed to work with Jubilee.

Party summary

Senate

Senate Party standings (at the beginning of this Parliament)

   30 Jubilee

   6 Amani

   3 Unaffiliated

   28 CORD

	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)				Total	Vacant
	Jubilee	Amani	Jubilee-Affiliated	CORD
Begin	30	6	3	28	67	0

National Assembly

National Assembly Party standings (at the beginning of this Parliament)

   167 Jubilee

   24Amani

   17 Unaffiliated

   141CORD

	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)					Total	Vacant
	Jubilee	Amani	Jubilee-Affiliated	CORD	Unaffiliated
Begin	167	24	15	137	30	349	0

Leadership

Senate

• Speaker: Ekwee Ethuro
• Deputy Speaker: Kembi Gitura

Majority (Jubilee) leadership

• Majority Leader: Kindiki Kithure
• Deputy Majority Leader: Charles Keter
• Majority Chief Whip: Beatrice Elachi
• Majority Deputy Chief Whip: Mike Sonko

Minority (CORD) leadership

• Minority Leader: Moses Wetangula
• Deputy Minority Leader: Hassan Abdurrahman
• Minority Chief Whip: Johnstone Muthama
• Minority Deputy Chief Whip: Janet Ongera

National Assembly

• Speaker: Justin Muturi
• Deputy Speaker: Joyce Laboso

Majority (Jubilee) leadership

• Majority Leader: Aden Duale
• Deputy Majority Leader: Naomi Shaban
• Majority Chief Whip: Katoo ole Metito
• Majority Deputy Chief Whip: Benjamin Washiali

Minority (CORD) leadership

• Minority Leader: Francis Nyenze
• Deputy Minority Leader: Jakoyo Midiwo
• Minority Chief Whip: Gideon Mung’aro
• Minority Deputy Chief Whip: Chris Wamalwa

Members

National Assembly

See 2013 National Assembly election results for a list of current members of the National Assembly.

Senate

See 2013 National Assembly election results for a list of current members of the Senate.

Committees

Senate

• Senate Rules and Business Committee — Chair: Ekwee Ethuro

National Assembly

• House Business Committee— Chair: Justin Muturi
• House Committee on Selection— Chair: Aden Duale

Administrative officers

• Parliamentary Joint Services Director General: Clement Nyandiere
• Parliamentary Joint Services Legal Services Director: Anthony Thiong'o Njoroge
• Centre for Parliamentary Studies and Training Director: Nyokabi Kamau
• Finance and Accounting Services Director: Paul Onyangoh
• Information and Research Services Director: Paul Ngetich
• Litigation and Compliance: Anthony Njoroge
• Maintenance and Buildings Chief Engineer: Eng. Pius Kioko
• Commission Secretariat Head: Shadia Faryd
• Chief Security Officer: Maj. Solomon Obange (acting)
• Internal Audit Head: Amos Guchu (acting)

Senate

• Clerk: Jeremiah Nyegenye
• Senior Deputy Clerk: Consolata Waithera Munga
• Legal Services Director: Eunice Gichangi
• Committee Services Director: Samuel Njenga Njuguna
• Legislative and Procedural Services Director:
• Speaker's Office Director: Mohammed Ali Mohammed
• Chief Serjeant-at-Arms: Maj. Solomon Obange
• Hansard Editor: Gladys Ingoyi Ndenda

National Assembly

• Clerk: Justin Bundi
• Senior Deputy Clerk: Michael Rotich Sialai
• Legal Services Director:Jeremiah Ndombi
• Committee Services Director: Florence Abonyo
• Legislative and Procedural Services Director:James N Mwangi
• Speaker's Office Director: Nancy Mukunya
• Chief Serjeant-at-Arms:Aloisio Lekulo
• Hansard Editor:Jeremiah Kiema

See also

Elections

• United States congressional elections, 2010 (elections held in advance of this Congress)
  • United States Senate elections, 2010
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 2010
• United States congressional elections, 2012 (elections to be held during this Congress)
  • United States Senate elections, 2012
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 2012

Membership lists

• List of freshman class members of the 112th United States Congress

Further reading

• Aftershock: The 112th Congress and Post-Crisis Asia by Edward Gresser and Daniel Twining (National Bureau of Asian Research, 2011)

External links

• Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
• Thomas Project at the Library of Congress
• Member Information, via U.S. House of Representatives
• Statistics and Lists, via U.S. Senate
• Congressional Directory: Main Page, Government Printing Office Online. Detailed listings of many aspects of current & previous memberships and sessions of Congress.
• Collected coverage on C-SPAN