Senate of Kenya

The Senate
The Senate
12th Parliament
Type
Type	Upper house of the Parliament of Kenya
History
Founded	1963 and 2013
New session started	31 August 2017
Leadership
Speaker	Ken Lusaka, Jubilee ; since 31 August 2017
Deputy Speaker	Margaret Kamar, Jubilee ; since 11 May 2020
Majority Leader	Samuel Poghisio, KANU ; since 11 May 2020
Minority Leader	James Orengo, NASA ; since 20 March 2018
Majority Whip	Kimani Wamatangi, Jubilee ; since February 9 2021
Structure
Seats	67
Political groups	Government (34); Jubilee (34); Opposition (33); National Super Alliance (28); Independent (1); Other Parties (4)
Length of term	5 years
Elections
Voting system	47 First Past the Post, 20 co-opted, 1 ex-officio
Last election	8 August 2017
Meeting place
	Parliament Buildings, Nairobi, Kenya
Website
	Official website

The Senate is the upper house of the Parliament of Kenya. The Senate was first part of Kenya's 1963 Constitution. It was abolished in 1966. The Senate was re-created by the 2010 Constitution and became part of the national parliament in 2013.

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