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The unicameral National Assembly of Kenya is the country's legislative body.
The current National Assembly has a total of 224 members. 210 members are directly elected in single member constituencies using the simple majority (or First-past-the-post) system. 12 members are appointed and two members (the Speaker and Attorney-general) are ex-officio.
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The procedure of the House provide for the formation of four kinds of Committees; Committees of the Whole House; Standing Committees; Ad hoc Select Committees; and Departmental Committees;
Committees of the Whole House There are three types of Committees of the Whole House. Committee of the Whole House on Committee stage of a Bill
The Committee of Ways and Means Confines itself to deliberation on the processes suggested by the Minister for Finance to raise funds to foot the budget for ‘he particular Fiscal Year. These deliberations are supposed to last three days.
Committee of Supply Confines itself to deliberation on the distribution of funds to be raised in the Committee of Ways and Means to the various Ministries and Departments; this Committee does the distributions within the twenty allotted days before October 31, each Calendar year.
Standing Committees May also be known as Sessional Committees, and consist of a minimum of five and a maximum of twenty Members nominated by the House Business Committee and appointed by the House, on a motion moved by the Leader of Government Business. The business carried out by the current eight Standing Committees is either routine and/or in-house. The lifespan of the membership of these Committees coincides with that of a Session. The Committees falling under this category are:-
AD HOC Select Committees These are appointed by the House as and whenever the need arises to investigate, study and make recommendations on certain specific matters and issues for consideration by the House.
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| Parties | Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange Democratic Movement | 99 | ||
| Party of National Unity | 43 | ||
| Orange Democratic Movement–Kenya | 16 | ||
| Kenya African National Union | 14 | ||
| Safina | 5 | ||
| National Rainbow Coalition–Kenya | 4 | ||
| Forum for the Restoration of Democracy–People | 3 | ||
| National Rainbow Coalition | 3 | ||
| Chama Cha Uzalendo | 2 | ||
| Democratic Party | 2 | ||
| New Forum for the Restoration of Democracy–Kenya | 2 | ||
| Party of Independent Candidates of Kenya | 2 | ||
| Sisi Kwa Sisi | 2 | ||
| Forum for the Restoration of Democracy–Asili | 1 | ||
| Forum for the Restoration of Democracy–Kenya | 1 | ||
| Kenya African Democratic Development Union | 1 | ||
| Kenya African Democratic Union–Asili | 1 | ||
| Kenya National Democratic Alliance | 1 | ||
| Mazingira Green Party of Kenya | 1 | ||
| National Labour Party | 1 | ||
| People's Democratic Party | 1 | ||
| People's Party of Kenya | 1 | ||
| United Democratic Movement | 1 | ||
| Total | 207 | ||
| Source: ECK | |||
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