Parliament of Kenya
bicameral legislature of Kenya
The Parliament of Kenya (Swahili: Majilisi la Kenya) is the bicameral legislature of Kenya. It is based at Parliament Buildings in Nairobi and consists of two houses. The upper house is the Senate, and the lower house is the National Assembly.
Kenya’s current structure of parliament is a result of the creation and ratification of the Constitution of 2010 after widespread turmoil following the 2007 elections. This amendment created 47 counties and gave them significant powers, effectively working to decentralize the government. It also established the bicameral legislature of an assembly and a senate, which was first used in the 2013 elections. The Senate has 68 members including one elected from each county (of which there are 47), 16 female senators who are nominated by political parties, 4 members to represent those with disabilities and the youth, and a Speaker who is also nominated. The second legislative body is the National Assembly, which totals 350 members. This includes 290 Members of Parliament (MPs), 47 women who are each elected from a county, 12 members nominated by political parties to represent special interests like those of disabled people and youth, and a Speaker.
History
Kenya, at the time known as the East Africa Protectorate, first established a legislative body, called the Legislative Council, in 1906 while still under British colonial rule.
“Parliament of Kenya” enters the record as bicameral legislature of Kenya. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Parliament, Kenya and bicameral can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Parliament of Kenya” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Parliament, Kenya and bicameral provides the most credible route into that argument.
The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 2, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q14468380. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2010, 2007, 2013 and 1906.
A concise general-reference account can conceal disagreements about scope, terminology or the weight assigned to individual sources. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.
- Subject orientation
- Search vocabulary
- Locating named sources
The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Parliament of Kenya”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Parliament of Kenya primary sources, Parliament of Kenya archive and Parliament research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Parliament of Kenya”?
- Which institution is responsible for the underlying evidence?
- What terminology or title could unlock a more precise catalogue search?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “Parliament of Kenya” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.