Composition and Tenure

 

The Constitution of Kenya 2010 provides for an expanded list of 349 Members of the National Assembly and a Speaker after the next General Elections. This larger number of Members is designed to allow for better and more equitable representation of populations and to cater for and give voice to an expanded gamut of interests, as well as guarantee the rights and liberties that are protected by the New Constitution. Detailed discussion on the case for an enlarged Assembly with respect to representation can be found under the Representation link.

The Assembly will have 290 Members elected directly by the people of the constituencies at the General Elections. Chapter 7 - Representation of the People, Part 2 - Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, excerpts:

89. (1) There shall be two hundred and ninety constituencies for the purposes of the election of the members of the National Assembly ........

This provision is confirmed in Chapter 8 - The Legislature, Part 2 - Composition and Membership of Parliament, Article 97, excerpts:

97. (1) The National Assembly consists of— (a) two hundred and ninety members, each elected by the registered voters of single member constituencies;

One of the key highlights of the New Constitution is its positive affirmation of marginalised groups, key among whom are the women of Kenya. Consequently, there are 47 Women Members of the National Assembly elected directly by the people of every County:

97. (1) The National Assembly consists of—  (b) forty-seven women, each elected by the registered voters of the counties, each county constituting a single member constituency; 

Other groups of the marginalised that include the youth, persons with disability and workers have not been overlooked either; they will be represented by Members nominated by political parties via political party lists:

(1) The National Assembly consists of—  (c) twelve members nominated by parliamentary political parties according to their proportion of members of the National Assembly ......, to represent special interests including the youth, persons with disabilities and workers; 

The National Assembly thus has a total membership of 350 including the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker. Unlike in previous Assemblies, the Speaker will no longer be elected from among the elected members of the National Assembly; however, the deputy Speaker will be elected from among the Members and will retain both his/her parliamentary seat and vote in the Assembly. Excerpts from Part 3 - Offices of Parliament:

 

 

Justin Muturi Speaker of the National Assembly

 

 

106. (1) There shall be— (a) a Speaker for each House of Parliament, who shall be elected by that House in accordance with the Standing Orders, from among persons who are qualified to be elected as members of Parliament but are not such members; and (b) a Deputy Speaker for each House of Parliament, who shall be elected by that House in accordance with the Standing Orders, from among the members of that House.

Below is a summary of the Constitutional membership of the new-look National Assembly after the 2013 General Elections. Every one of the 349 Members in the House has a vote of one at all times on all matters. 

 

Table 1. Composition of the National Assembly of the Republic of Kenya

 

Electoral Seat	Electoral Unit	Gender	Count
Elected Member of the Constituency	Constituency	Both	290
Elected Woman Member of the County	Women of Kenya	Female	47
Nominated Member	Youth, Persons with Disabilities and Workers of Kenya	Both	12
Speaker	Ex-officio	Either	1

 

Our discussion on Politics and Elections, examines the gender-balance requirements of the New Constitution with respect to electoral seats in the composition of the National Assembly. 

 

Members of the 1^st National Assembly of Kenya Under the New Constitution

The following tables are to aid the reader in understanding the details of the different memberships that are in the National Assembly....  

 

Table 2.1 - Party: NARC - Kenya

 

	Constituency	Representative	Gender
1.	Nyaribari Masaba	Elijah Mosomi Moindi	Male

 

Table 2.2 - Party: Orange Democratic Movement (ODM)

 

	Constituency	Representative	Gender
1.	Changamwe	Omar Mwinyi	Male
	Kisauni	Rashid Bedzimba	Male
	Likoni	Mwalimu Masud	Male
	Mvita	Abdul S Nasir	Male
	Msambweni	Suleiman Dori	Male
	Matuga	Hassan Mohamed Mwanyoha	Male
	Kilifi North	Mung'aro Gideon^1	Male
	Kilifi South	Mustafa Salim	Male
	Rabai	William Kamoti	Male
10.	Malindi	Daniel Kazungu	Male
		Willy Mtengo^4	Male
	Wundanyi	Thomas Mwadeghu^2	Male
	Mwatate	Andrew Mwadime	Male
	Voi	Johnes Mlolwa	Male
	Balambala	Abdikadir Aden	Male
	Dadaab	Mohammed Duale	Male
	Ijara	Ahmed Abbas	Male
	Wajir North	Ibrahim Abdi Saney	Male
	Wajir West	Abdikadir Ore Ahmed	Male
	Tarbaj	Mohammed Elmi	Male
20.	Eldas	Adan Keynan Wehliye	Male
	Wajir South	Diriye Abdullahi Mohamed	Male
	North Horr	Francis Chachu	Male
	Laisamis	Joseph Lekuton	Male
	Igembe Central	Cyprian Kubai Iringo	Male
	Tigania East	Mpuru Aburi	Male
	Loima	Protus Ewesit Akuja	Male
	Laikipia North	Mathew Lempurkel	Male
	Nakuru Town West	Samuel Arama	Male
	Kajiado Central	Joseph Nkaissery^3	Male
		Elijah Memusi	Male
30.	Lukuyani	Enock Wamalwa Kibunguchy	Male
	Lurambi	Raphael Milikau Otaalo	Male
	Mumias West	Johnstone Naicca	Male
	Butere	Andrew Anyanga	Male
	Khwisero	Benjamin Andayi	Male
	Shinyalu	Silvestre Lisamula Anami	Male
	Luanda	Christopher Omulele	Male
	Emuhaya	Wilbur Ottichilo	Male
	Sirisia	John Waluke Koyi	Male
	Matayos	Geoffrey Odanga	Male
40.	Funyula	Paul Otuoma	Male
	Budalangi	Ababu Namwamba	Male
	Ugenya	David Ouma	Male
	Ugunja	James Wandayi	Male
	Gem	Jakoyo Midiwo^^	Male
	Bondo	Gideon Ochanda	Male
	Rarieda	Nicholas Gumbo	Male
	Kisumu East	Shakeel Shabbir	Male
	Kisumu Central	Ken Obura	Male
	Seme	James Nyikal	Male
50.	Nyando	Fred Outa	Male
	Nyakach	Owuor Aduma	Male
	Kasipul	Joseph Magwanga	Male
	Kabondo Kasipul	Sylvian Osele	Male
	Karachuonyo	James Rege	Male
	Rangwe	George Ogalo	Male
	Homa Bay Town	Martin Ogindo	Male
	Ndhiwa	Agostinho Neto	Male
	Mbita	Millie Odhiambo	Female
	Suba	John Mbadi	Male
60.	Rongo	Dalmas Otieno	Male
	Suna East	Junet Nuh	Male
	Suna West	Joseph Ndiege	Male
	Uriri	John Owuor	Male
	Nyatike	Peter Anyanga	Male
	South Mugirango	Manson Nyamweya	Male
	Bomachoge Chache	Simon Ogari	Male
67.	!Nyaribari Chache	!Chris Bichage	Male
	Kitutu Chache South	Richard Momoima Onyonka	Male
	Kitutu Masaba	Timothy Moseti	Male
	West Mugirango	James Gesami	Male
70.	North Mugirango	Charles Geni	Male
	Westlands	Timothy Wanyonyi	Male
	Dagoretti North	Paul Arati	Male
	Langata	Joash Olum	Male
	Kibra	Kenneth Okoth	Male
	Ruaraka	Tom Kajwang	Male
	Mathare!!	Stephen Kariuki!!	Male
	Embakasi South	Irshad Sumra	Male
	Embakasi East	John Omondi	Male
	Women of Mombasa County	Mishi Juma Khamisi*	Female
80.	Women of Kwale County	Zainab Kalekye Chidzuga*	Female
	Women of Kilifi County	Aisha Jumwa Katana*	Female
	Women of Taita Taveta County	Joyce Wanjalah Lay*	Female
	Women of Wajir County	Fatuma Ibrahim Ali*	Female
	Women of Marsabit County	Nasra Ibrahim Ibren*	Female
	Women of Kakamega County	Rachael Amesso Amolo*	Female
	Women of Vihiga County	Dorcas Luvalitsa Kedogo*	Female
	Women of Busia County	Florence Mwikali Mutua*	Female
	Women of Siaya County	Christine Oduor Ombaka*	Female
	Women of Kisumu County	Rose Auma Ogendo*	Female
90.	Women of Homa Bay County	Gladys Atieno Nyasuna*	Female
	Women of Migori County	Dennitah Ghati*	Female
	Women of Kisii County	Mary Sally Keraa*	Female
	Women of Nyamira County	Alice Nyanchoka Chae*	Female
	Youth, Persons with Disabilities and Workers of Kenya	Oburu Odinga**	Male
	Youth, Persons with Disabilities and Workers of Kenya	Zulekha Hassan Juma**	Female
96.	Youth, Persons with Disabilities and Workers of Kenya	Isaac Mwaura**	Male

 ^^1,2 Minority Chief Whip (Parliamentary Standing Order No. 2). Served until the 23rd of July 2014, whereupon he was replaced by Thomas Mwadeghu of Wundanyi.

^^ Deputy Minority Leader (Article 108.)

* Elected Woman Member for the County (Article 97.(1))

** Nominated Member of the National Assembly (Article 97.(1)(c))

! A successful election petition saw the election results for Nyaribari Chache nullified by the High Court on the 7 October 2013, (the Court of Appeal upheld the decision of the lower Court) due to malpractices in the exercise. A by-election on the 30th December was won by Richard Tongi of Ford People Party.

!! ODM captured the seat from former MP TNA's George Wanjohi in a by-election held on the 11th August 2014.

^³ Nkaissery ceased to be the MP for Kajiado Central when he resigned his membership in ODM on the 24^th of December 2014 (Article 103. (1) (e) (i)). He did so in order to take up a Cabinet Secretary position (Article 152. (3)). He was replaced by Memusi Kanchory who won the by-election of 16^th March 2015.

^⁴ Kazungu ceased to be the MP for Malindi when he resigned his membership in the National Assembly on the 16^th of December 2015 (Article 103. (1) (d) ). He did so in order to take up a Cabinet Secretary position (Article 152. (3)). He was replaced by Willy Mtengo who won the by-election of 7^th March 2016.

 

Table 2.3 - Party: The National Alliance (TNA)

 

	Constituency	Representative	Gender
1.	Kinango	Samuel Gonzi Rai	Male
	Bura	Ali Wario	Male
	Taveta	Naomi Shaaban^	Female
	Lagdera	Mohammed Shidiye	Male
	Igembe South	Franklin Mithika Linturi	Male
	Igembe North	Joseph M'Eruaki M'Ethari	Male
	Tigania West	David Karithi	Male
	South Imenti	Kathuri Murungi	Male
	Maara	Kareke Mbiuki	Male
10.	Manyatta	John Nyaga	Male
	Runyenjes	Cecily Mbarire	Female
	Mbeere South	Mutava Musyimi	Male
	Kinangop	Stephen Mburu	Male
	Ol Kalou	David Njuguna	Male
	Ol Jorok	John Muriithi Waiganjo	Male
	Ndaragwa	Francis Waweru	Male
	Tetu	James Ndung'u	Male
	Kieni	James Kanini	Male
	!!Othaya	!!Mary Wambui	Female
20.	Mukurweini	Kabando Wa Kabando	Male
	Nyeri Town	Esther Murugi	Female
	Mwea	Peter Njuguna Gitau	Male
	Gichugu	Ejidius Njogu Barua	Male
	Ndia	Stephen Ngare	Male
	Kirinyaga Central	Joseph Gitari	Male
	Kangema	Tyrus Ngahu	Male
	Mathioya	Clement Muchiri Wambugu	Male
	Kiharu	Irungu Kang'ata	Male
	Kigumo	Jamleck Kamau	Male
30.	Maragwa	Peter Mwangi	Male
	Kandara	Alice Muthoni Wahome	Female
	Gatundu South&	Joseph Nyumu&	Male
		Moses Kuria	Male
	Gatundu North	Francis Njenga	Male
	Juja	Francis Waititu	Male
	Thika Town	Alice N Wambui	Female
	Ruiru	Esther Nyambura Gathogo	Female
	Githunguri	Peter Njoroge Baiya	Male
	Kiambu	Jude L Kang'ethe Njomo	Male
	Kiambaa	Paul Koinange	Male
40.	~Kabete	George Muchai~	Male
40.	Kikuyu	Anthony Kimani Ichung'wa	Male
	Limuru	John Kiragu Chege	Male
	Lari	Joseph Kahangara	Male
	Turkana South	James Lomenen Ekomwa	Male
	Samburu North	Aloise Musa Lentoimaga	Male
	Samburu East	Raphael Lakalei Letimalo	Male
	Laikipia West	Stephen Karani	Male
	Laikipia East	Anthony Kimaru	Male
	Molo	Jacob Macharia	Male
	Njoro	Joseph Kiuna	Male
50.	Naivasha	John Kihagi	Male
	Gilgil	Samuel Ndiritu	Male
	Subukia	Nelson Gaicuhie	Male
	Bahati	Onesmus Ngunjiri	Male
	Nakuru Town East	David Gikaria	Male
	Narok North	Richard Moitalel Ole Kenta	Male
	Kajiado North	Joseph Manje	Male
	Kajiado East	Peris Tobiko	Female
	Kajiado West	Moses Ole Sakuda	Male
	Kajiado South	Katoo Ole Metito^^	Male
60.	!Bomachoge Borabu	!Joel Onyancha	Male
	Kitutu Chache North	Jimmy Angwenyi	Male
	Dagoretti South	Dennis Kariuki Waweru	Male
	Roysambu	Isaac Waihenya Ndirangu	Male
	Kasarani	John N Chege	Male
	Embakasi North	James Mwangi	Male
	Embakasi Central	John Ndirangu	Male
	Embakasi West	George Theuri	Male
	Makadara	Benson Mutura	Male
	Kamukunji	Yusuf Hassan	Male
70.	Starehe	Maina Kamanda	Male
	!!!Mathare	!!!George Wanjohi	Male
	Women of Isiolo County	Tiyah Galgalo Ali*	Female
	Women of Meru County	Florence Kajuju*	Female
	Women of Tharaka-Nithi County	Beatrice Nkatha Nyaga*	Female
	Women of Embu County	Rose Rwamba Mitaru*	Female
	Women of Nyandarua County	Wanjiku Muhia*	Female
	Women of Nyeri County	Priscilla Nyokabi Kanyua*	Female
	Women of Kirinyaga County	Winnie Karimi Njuguna*	Female
	Women of Murang'a County	Sabina Wanjiru Chege*	Female
	Women of Kiambu County	Annah Nyokabi Gathecha*	Female
80.	Women of Samburu County	Maison Leshoomo*	Female
	Women of Laikipia County	Jane Agnes Wanjira Machira*	Female
	Women of Nakuru County	Mary Njoki Mbugua*	Female
	Women of Kajiado County	Mary Yiane Seneta*	Female
	Women of Nairobi County	Rachael Wambui Shebesh*	Female
	Youth, Persons with Disabilities and Workers of Kenya	Amina Abdalla**	Female
	Youth, Persons with Disabilities and Workers of Kenya	Johnson Arthur Sakaja**	Male
87.	Youth, Persons with Disabilities and Workers of Kenya	Janet Marania Teiyaa**	Female

 * Elected Woman Member for the County (Article 97.(1))

 **Nominated Member of the National Assembly (Article 97.(1)(c))

 ^Deputy Leader of the Majority Party (Parliamentary Standing Order No. 2)

^^ Majority Chief Whip (Parliamentary Standing Order No. 2)

! A successful election petition saw the election results for Bomachoge Borabu nullified by the High Court on the 7 October 2013, due to malpractices in the exercise. The incumbent retained his seat in the by-election of December 19.

!! A successful appeal saw the election results for Othaya nullified by the  Appeals Court sitting in Nyeri on the 13^th Feb 2014. However, on the 5th of May, the Supreme Court found that the Appeals Court ruling was null and void given that the original appeal at the High Court in 2013 was filed out of time.

!!! A successful appeal saw the election results for Mathare nullified by the  Appeals Court sitting in Nairobi on the 17^th March 2014. George Wanjohi lost in the by-election held on the 11th of August 2014 to ODM's Stephen Kariuki.

& Joseph Nyumu passed away on the 21^st of May 2014. The IEBC cancelled the scheduled by-election as there was only one candidate, Moses Kuria who was thus elected unopposed on the 7th of August, 2014.

~ George Muchai was shot dead in the early morning of 7^th February 2014 in Nairobi. The resultant by-election of 4th May 2015, was won by Jubilee Alliance Party's Ferdinand Waititu. (See Table 2.22 below).

 

Table 2.4 - Party: United Democratic Forum (UDF)

 

	Constituency	Representative	Gender
1.	Galole	Hassan Abdi Dukicha	Male
2 .	Lamu East	Shariff Athman Ali	Male
3 .	Moyale	Roba Sharu Duba	Male
4.	Lugari	Ayub Savula Angatia	Male
5.	Navakholo	Emmanuel Wangwe	Male
6.	Mumias East	Benjamin Jomo Washiali^	Male
7.	Ikolomani	Bernard Masaka Shinali	Male
8.	Vihiga	Yusuf Kifuma Chanzu	Male
9.	Sabatia	Alfred Agoyi Masadia	Male
10.	Webuye East	Alfred Wekesa Sambu	Male
11.	Nambale	Sakwa John Bunyasi	Male
12.	Youth, Persons with Disabilities and Workers of Kenya	Hassan Aden Osman*	Male

^ Majority Deputy Chief Whip (Parliamentary Standing Order No. 2)

 * Nominated Member of the National Assembly (Article 97.(1)(c))

 

Table 2.5 - Party: Wiper Democratic Movement - Kenya (WDM-Kenya)

 

	Constituency	Representative	Gender
1.	Jomvu	Bady Twalib Bady	Male
	Nyali	Hezron Awiti Bollo	Male
	Mwingi North	Munuve Mati	Male
	Mwingi West	Bernard Munywoki Kitungi	Male
	Mwingi Central	Joe Musyimi Mutambu	Male
	Kitui West	Francis Mwanzia Nyenze^	Male
	Kitui Rural	Charles Nyamai	Male
	Kitui Central	Benson Mulu	Male
	Kitui East	Marcus Mutua	Male
10.	!Matungulu	!Stephen Mule	Male
	Kathiani	Robert Mbui	Male
	Mavoko	Patrick Makau	Male
	Mbooni	Michael Kisoi	Male
	Kilome	Regina Nthambi Muia	Female
	Kaiti	Richard Makenga	Male
	Makueni	Daniel Kitonga Maanzo	Male
	Kibwezi East	Jessica Mbalu	Female
	Alego Usonga	George Washington Mallan Omondi	Male
	Borabu	Ben George Orori Momanyi	Male
20.	Women of Tana River County	Halima Ware Duri*	Female
	Women of Lamu County	Shakila Abdalla Mohamed*	Female
	Women of Garissa County	Shukran Hussein Gure*	Female
	Women of Kitui County	Winfred Nyiva Mwendwa*	Female
	Women of Machakos County	Susan Mbinya Musyoka*	Female
	Women of Makueni County	Rose Museo Mumo*	Female
26.	Youth, Persons with Disabilities and Workers of Kenya	Bishop Robert Mutemi Mutua**	Male

^ Leader of the Minority (Article 108.)

* Elected Woman Member for the County (Article 97.(1))

** Nominated Member of the National Assembly (Article 97.(1)(c))

! A successful election petition saw the election results for Matungulu nullified by the High Court on the 30 July 2013, due to irregularities in the exercise. Mr Mule recaptured the seat in the by-election of 17 October 2013.

 

Table 2.6 - Party: United Republican Party (URP)

 

	Constituency	Representative	Gender
1.	Magarini	Harisson Garama Kombe	Male
	Garsen	Ibrahim Ahmed Sane	Male
	Garissa Township^^	Aden Duale	Male
	Fafi	Elias Bare	Male
	Wajir East	Abbas Sheikh Mohamed	Male
	Mandera West	Mohammed Maalim Mahamud	Male
	Banissa	Mohamed Abdi Haji Mohamed	Male
	Mandera North	Adan Mohamed Nooru	Male
	Mandera South	Mohamed Adan	Male
10.	Mandera East	Abdulaziz Ali Farah	Male
	Lafey	Shaaban Ali Isaack	Male
	Saku	Ali Rasso Dido	Male
	Isiolo North	Joseph Lomwa	Male
	Isiolo South	Abdullahi Jaldesa Banticha	Male
	Tharaka	Alex Mburi	Male
	Turkana North	Christopher Doye Nakulei	Male
	Turkana West	Daniel Epuyo Nanok	Male
	Turkana Central	John Nakala	Male
	Sigor	Philip Lotiolo Ruto Rotino	Male
20.	Kacheliba	Mark Lomunokol	Male
	Pokot South	David Pkosing Losiakou	Male
	Samburu West	Jonathan Lelelit Lati	Male
	Endebess	Robert Pukose	Male
	Soy	Edwin Kipruto Barchilei	Male
	Turbo	Elisha Busienei	Male
	Moiben	Silas Kipkoech Tiren	Male
	Ainabkoi	Samuel Kiprono	Male
	Kapseret	Oscar Sudi	Male
	Kesses	James Kimaru Bett	Male
30.	Marakwet East	David Kangogo Bowen	Male
	Marakwet West	William Kipkemoi Kisang	Male
	Keiyo North	James Kipkosgei Murgor	Male
	Keiyo South	Jackson Kiplagat Kiptanui	Male
	Tinderet	Julius Kibiwott Melly	Male
	Aldai	Cornelly Serem	Male
	Nandi Hills	Alfred Kiptoo Keter	Male
	Chesumei	Elijah Lagat	Male
	Emgwen	Alexander Kosgey	Male
	Mosop	Stephen Bitok	Male
40.	Tiaty	Asman Kamama Abongotum	Male
	Baringo North	William Cheptumo	Male
	Baringo Central	Sammy Mwaita	Male
	Baringo South	Grace Jelagat Kipchoim	Female
	Eldama Ravine	Moses Lesonet	Male
	Kuresoi South	Zakayo Cheruiyot	Male
	Kilgoris	Gideon Konchella	Male
	Narok East	Lemanken Aramat	Male
	Narok South	Korei Ole Lemein	Male
	Narok West	Patrick Ole Ntutu	Male
50.	Kipkelion East	Kirui Limo	Male
	Kipkelion West	Eric Jackson Kipkorir Rop	Male
	Ainamoi	Benjamin Langat	Male
	Bureti	Leonard Sang	Male
	Sigowet/Soin	Kipsang Kemei	Male
	Sotik	Joyce Laboso^	Female
	Chepalungu	Paul Bii	Male
	Bomet East	Bernard Kipkirui Bett	Male
	Bomet Central	Richard Tonui	Male
	Konoin	Sammy Koech	Male
60.	Teso North	Arthur Odera	Male
	Teso South	Mary Emaase Otuch	Female
	Kuria West	Matheas Robi	Male
	Women of Mandera County	Mahbub Fathia*	Female
	Women of Turkana County	Joyce Akai Emanikor*	Female
	Women of West Pokot County	Regina Nyeris Changorok*	Female
	Women of Uasin Gishu County	Eusilah Jepkosgei Ngeny*	Female
	Women of Elgeyo Marakwet County	Susan Kipketer Chebet*	Female
	Women of Nandi County	Zipporah Jesang Kurgat Kering*	Female
	Women of Baringo County	Grace Jemutai Kiptui*	Female
70.	Women of Narok County	Roselinda Soipan Tuya*	Female
	Women of Kericho County	Hellen Chelangat Chepkwony*	Female
	Women of Bomet County	Cecilia Chelangat Ngetich*	Female
	Youth, Persons with Disabilities and Workers of Kenya	Korere Sara Paulata**	Female
	Youth, Persons with Disabilities and Workers of Kenya	Abdi Noor Mohammed Ali**	Male
75.	Youth, Persons with Disabilities and Workers of Kenya	Sunjeev Kour Birdi**	Female

  * Elected Woman Member for the County (Article 97.(1))

 **Nominated Member of the National Assembly (Article 97.(1)(c))

^Elected as the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly (Article 106.(1)(b))

 ^^Nominated as the Leader of the Majority Party (Article 108.)

 

Table 2.7 - Party: Forum for the Restoration of Democracy -Kenya (FORD-Kenya)

 

	Constituency	Representative	Gender
1.	!Lunga Lunga	!Khatibu Mwashetani	Male
2.	Turkana East	Nicholas Ngikor Nixon	Male
3.	Kwanza	Ferdinard Kevin Wanyonyi	Male
4.	Kiminini	Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu*	Male
5.	Kabuchai	James Lusweti Mukwe	Male
6.	Kanduyi	Athanas M Wafula Wamunyinyi	Male
7.	Kimilili	Suleiman Murunga Kasuti	Male
8.	Tongaren	David Eseli Simiyu	Male
9.	Kisumu West	John Olago Aluoch	Male
10.	Awendo	Jared Odhiambo Opiyo	Male
11.	Youth, Persons with Disabilities and Workers of Kenya	Patrick Wangamati**	Male

* Minority Deputy Chief Whip (Parliamentary Standing Order No. 2)

** Nominated Member of the National Assembly (Article 97.(1)(c))

! A successful election petition saw the election results for Lung Lunga nullified. The High Court in Mombasa ruled on the 26 Sept 2013 that the election was marred by irregularities. However, the ruling was overturned on the 27 November by the Court of Appeal sitting in Malindi.

 

Table 2.8 - Party: Kenya African Democratic Union Asili (KADU-A)

 

	Constituency	Representative	Gender
1.	Kaloleni	Mwinga Gunga Chea	Male

 

Table 2.9 - Party: Federal Party of Kenya FPK

 

	Constituency	Representative	Gender
1.	Ganze	Peter Safari Shehe	Male
2.	Hamisi	Charles Gumini Gimose	Male
3.	Butula	Michael Aringo Onyura	Male

 

Table 2.10 - Party: Alliance Party of Kenya (APK)

 

	Constituency	Representative	Gender
1.	North Imenti	Abdul Rahim Dawood	Male
2.	Central Imenti	Gideon Mwiti Irea	Male
3.	Chuka/Igambang'ombe	Onesmus Muthomi Njuki	Male
4..	Mbeere North	Charles Muriuki Njagagua	Male
5.	Kipipiri	Samuel Kamunye Gichigi	Male

 

Table 2.11 - Party: Maendeleo Democratic Party (MDP)

 

	Constituency	Representative	Gender
1.	Malava	Moses Malulu Injendi	Male

 

Table 2.12 - Party: Kenya African National Union (KANU)

 

	Constituency	Representative	Gender
1.	Kapenguria	Samuel Moroto	Male
2.	Mogotio	Hellen Jepkemoi Sambili	Female
3.	Kuresoi North	Moses Kipkemboi Cheboi	Male
4.	Rongai	Raymond Kipruto Moi	Male
5.	Belgut	Eric arap Keter	Male
6.	Kuria East	Shadrack Roger Mwita Manga	Male

 

Table 2.13 - Party: Forum for the Restoration of Democracy - People (FORD-People)

 

	Constituency	Representative	Gender
1.	Masinga	Benson Itwiku Mbai	Male
2.	!Bonchari	!Zebedeo Opore	Male
		!!John Oroo Oyioka	Male
		!!!Zebedeo Opore	Male
3.	Bobasi	Stephen Kengere Manoti	Male
4.	Nyaribari Chache	Richard Nyagaka Tongi*	Male

! A successful election petition saw the election results for Bonchari overturned in favour of the petitioner John Oroo Oyioka by the High Court in Kisii ruling on the 20 Sept 2013 that the IEBC did not properly tally the votes. The IEBC had found only a 5 vote difference between the winner and Mr John Oroo Oyioka.

!!However, on the 13^th of March 2014, the Appeals Court sitting in Kisumu overturned the ruling of the lower court, declaring that the winning margin of just 4 votes that John Oroo Oyioka had over Zebedeo Opore was too small to be conclusive. 

!!!In a court-ordered by-election held on the 23^rd of June, Zebedeo Opore recaptured the seat this time with more than 4,000 votes over John Oroo Oyioka.

*He won in a court-ordered by-election held on the 30th of December 2013 after the nullification of the election of Dr Chris Bichage of the ODM Party. 

 

 

Table 2.14 - Party: Kenya National Congress

 

	Constituency	Representative	Gender
1.	Lamu West	Julius Ndegwa Kariuki	Male
2.	Emurua Dikirr	Johana Ng'eno Kipyegon	Male

 

Table 2.15 - Party: National Rainbow Coalition (NARC)

 

	Constituency	Representative	Gender
1.	Kitui South	Rachael Kaki Nyamai	Female
2.	Mathira	Peter Weru Kinyua	Male
3.	Gatanga	Humphrey Kimani Njuguna	Male

 

Table 2.16 - Party: New-FORD-Kenya

 

	Constituency	Representative	Gender
1.	Matungu	David Were	Male
2.	Saboti	David Wafula Wekesa	Male
3.	Bumula	Otsiula, Bonface Okhiya	Male
4.	Webuye West	Daniel Wanyama Sitati	Male
5.	Women of Trans Nzoia County	Janet Nangabo Wanyama*	Female
6.	Women of Bungoma County	Reginalda Nakhumicha Wanyonyi*	Female

  * Elected Woman Member for the County (Article 97.(1))

 

Table 2.17 - Party: Muungano Party (MP)

 

	Constituency	Representative	Gender
1.	Yatta	Francis Mwangangi Kilonzo	Male

 

Table 2.18 - Party: The Independent Party (TIP)

 

	Constituency	Representative	Gender
1.	Kangundo	Maweu Kyengo Katatha	Male

 

Table 2.19 - Party: Chama Cha Uzalendo (CCU)

 

	Constituency	Representative	Gender
1.	Machakos Town	Victor Kioko Munyaka	Male
2.	Mwala	Vincent Musyoka Musau	Male

 

Table 2.20 - Party: People's Democratic Party (PDP)

 

	Constituency	Representative	Gender
1.	Muhoroni	James Onyango Oyoo	Male

 

Table 2.21 - Independent Candidates

 

	Constituency	Representative	Gender
1.	Buuri	Boniface Gatobu Kinoti	Male
2.	!Kibwezi West	!Patrick Mweu Musimba	Male
3.	Cherangany	Wesley Kipchumba Korir	Male
4.	Mt Elgon	John Bomett Serut	Male

! A successful election petition saw the election results for Kibwezi West nullified by the High Court on the 15 August 2013, due to irregularities in the exercise. Mr Musimba recaptured the seat in the subsequent by-election on the 17 October 2013.

 

 

Table 2.22 - Party: Jubilee Alliance Party (JAP)

 

	Constituency	Representative	Gender
1.	Kabete	Ferdinand Waititu*	Male

* Waititu, elected in a by-election of May 4 2015, is the first MP to be elected under the JAP, a new party formed in early 2015.

 

To be legally constituted, a sitting of the National Assembly must have a quorum of one-seventh of all the members, equivalent to 50 members. This number will be sufficient to transact most of the business of the Assembly that includes debating and voting. Part 5- Parliament's General Procedures and Rules, Articles 121, 122, excerpts:

121. The quorum of Parliament shall be–– (a) fifty members, in the case of the National Assembly; ........

This (apparently) small number of fifty members is often cited as being unreasonably and undemocratically low by stakeholders whenever a Bill they are opposed to is passed in the House. For example, in October 2013, the Assembly passed the Kenya Information and Communication Bill 2013, and many media industry players were quick to negatively highlight the low number of 60 legislators present during the voting of the Bill - never mind that the Assembly numbers did not contravene Article 121 when voting for the Bill:

122. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this Constitution, any question proposed for decision in either House of Parliament shall be determined by a majority of the members in that House, present and voting.

There is a mild hierarchical order within the National Assembly that recognises Majority and Minority Party Leaders. Excerpts from Part 3 - Offices of Parliament: 

108. (1) There shall be a leader of the majority party and a leader of the minority party.
(2) The leader of the majority party shall be the person who is the leader in the National Assembly of the largest party or coalition of parties.
(3) The leader of the minority party shall be the person who is the leader in the National Assembly of the second largest party or coalition of parties.
(4) The following order of precedence shall be observed in the National Assembly–– (a) the Speaker of the National Assembly; (b) the leader of the majority party; and (c) the leader of the minority party.

The life cycle of the National Assembly is tied to the holding of a general election:

102. (1) The term of each House of Parliament expires on the date of the next general election.

However, the constitution allows for limited extensions under the exceptional circumstances of war:

(2) When Kenya is at war, Parliament may, by resolution supported in each House by at least two-thirds of all the members of the House, from time to time extend the term of Parliament by not more than six months at a time.
(3) The term of Parliament shall not be extended under clause (2) for a total of more than twelve months.