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Kenya

Data points :

Parliament of Kenya, National Assembly, Senate

The IPU data corresponds to the lower chamber if the parliament is bicameral. For information about upper chambers, refer to Parline

Women in parliament
22.99%
of MPs are women
Youth in parliament
35.47%
of MPs are under 45
MPs' human rights
1
cases currently treated by the Committee on the Human Rights of MPs

This page contains the latest IPU news and data for this parliament. The percentage of women in parliament and the percentage of youth participation correspond to the lower chamber if the parliament is bicameral. The number of MP human rights cases corresponds to the latest decisions of the IPU Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians.

Innovation host

Host for East African hub innovation hub

This hub is part of the Centre for Innovation in Parliament.

The regional hubs promote the effective use of technology in parliaments by sharing and consolidating information on past, ongoing and future ICT initiatives at regional level, and through the CIP secretariat at global level. Membership: any parliament within the East African region.

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Innovation stories

Evidence-based policymaking is based on the premise that policy decisions taken on systematic evidence are better informed and produce better outcomes. In 2015, the Kenyan Parliament established a Parliamentary Caucus on Evidence-Informed Oversight and Decision-Making (PC-EIDM) to help support Kenya’s development agenda. PC-EIDM establishment and purpose PC-EIDM is a non-partisan caucus (an informal committee of the House), drawing membership from

Related news

News in brief

02/03/2023

Celebrating 10 women MPs who are active on IPU committees

Related events

Virtual event
This Public Engagement Hub seminar (jointly organised by the IPU and IPEN) will focus on Kenya’s bicameral parliament to lead a reflection on how to institutionalise public engagement practices.

Parliamentary Forum at the Second High-Level Meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation

Nairobi, Kenya

Recent human rights cases

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