The Parliament of Kenya has marked an important milestone as its Centre for Parliamentary Studies and Training (CPST) in partnership with the McGill University by celebrating the graduation of ten (10) women Members of Parliament from both the Senate and the National Assembly in a course titled Parliamentary Practices: Mainstreaming Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (GEWE) Programme.

The partnership, which began in 2016, has steadily grown to deliver flagship courses, including Contemporary Issues in Parliamentary Governance and, most recently, the GEWE Programme.

Published on 12th Dec 2025

Newly sworn-in Members of the National Assembly today began a two-day induction programme aimed at building the capacity and equipping legislators with the information and tools required to effectively discharge their constitutional roles.

The lawmakers; Hon. Ahmed Maalim Hassan (Banissa), Hon. Boyd Were Ongondo (Kasipul), Hon. David Athman Ndakwa (Malava), Hon. Leo Wa Muthende Njeru (Mbeere North) and Hon. Moses Okoth Omondi (Ugunja) were sworn in on December 2nd , 2025.

The National Assembly has approved the Sessional Paper No. 5 of 2023 on the National Policy on Labour Migration.

The main objective of the National Policy on Labour Migration is to promote inclusive and sustainable development of the country through safe, orderly and productive labour migration.

The specific objectives of the Policy include:

1. 𝘛𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘒𝘦𝘯𝘺𝘢;

2. 𝘛𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯;

3. 𝘛𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵;

The National Assembly this afternoon welcomed six newly elected Members of Parliament, who took their Oath of Office.

The swearing-in, presided over by the Speaker of the National Assembly, Hon. Moses Wetang’ula, is in accordance with Article 74 of the Constitution and Standing Order 3(2), which mandate that a person must take the oath before performing the functions of an Member of Parliament.

The Members are;

(1) 𝘏𝘰𝘯. 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘎𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘢 𝘒𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘦 - 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘪 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺

(2) 𝘏𝘰𝘯. 𝘈𝘩𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘮 𝘏𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘯 - 𝘉𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘢 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺