Editing Politics of Kenya (section)

==Legislative branch==

[[File:Parliament Buildings, Nairobi, Kenya-21April2010.jpg|thumb|300px|The [[National Assembly of Kenya]] is based at [[Parliament Buildings (Kenya)|Parliament Buildings]] in [[Nairobi]].]]
The [[Bicameral]] [[Parliament]] consists of two 'houses'; the National Assembly and the Senate.

The National Assembly, or ''Bunge'', has 349 members. They include: 290 members elected each elected by registered voters in their respective [[constituency|constituencies]] for a five-year term, 47 women representatives elected from each county, 12 members nominated by political parties in proportion to their share of seats won in the single-member constituencies, and the speaker,<ref>Article 97, Membership of the National Assembly, The Constitution of Kenya, 2010</ref> who is an ex officio member.

The Senate consists of 67 members: 47 members elected by registered voters from the 47 counties; 16 women nominated by political parties; a man and a woman representing youths and a man and woman representing people with disabilities.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Githinji |date=2018-09-18 |title=The Functions and Role of the Senate in Kenya |url=https://blog.afro.co.ke/role-of-senate/ |access-date=2020-10-13 |website=AfroCave |language=en-GB}}</ref> The speaker is an ex-officio member.<ref>Article 98, Membership of the Senate, The Constitution of Kenya, 2010</ref>