The Speaker of the National Assembly Hon.Justin Muturi this morning presented insignia to respective recipients nominated by the Parliamentary Honours Advisory Committee for conferment of various national honours and awards. The fourteen (14) nominees who were recommended by the Committee were among several Kenyans decorated by President Uhuru Kenyatta vide Gazette Notice 13598 on 11th December, last year.

Speaking during the event, Hon. Muturi congratulated the recipients and encouraged them to accelerate the good deeds that earned them that recognition.

President Uhuru Kenyatta this morning led the country in paying respects to the Third President of the Republic of Kenya, the Late H.E. Emilio Mwai Kibaki, C.G.H., at Parliament buildings where he will lay-in-state for three days.

MOMBASA, 10th March, 2022 - National Assembly, Judiciary hold consultative forum, agree to ringfence the JSC budget

The Proposal to ringfence the budgetary allocation for each arm of government in law today dominated a consultative forum between the National Assembly and the Judiciary. Members attending the forum noted that such a move could in the short term be made by amending the Public Finance Management Act, but in the long term be properly anchored in the JSC Act.

The National Assembly has this afternoon inked an agreement with the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) geared towards streamlining data sharing between the two institutions.The signing event which took place at Parliament, saw the Clerk of the National Assembly, Mr. Michael Sialai and KNBS Director General, Mr. Macdonald George Obudho, sign an memorandum of understanding adding to the growing number of agreements that the Assembly has signed recently or in the process of formulating, to promote evidence-based legislation.