National Assembly of Kenya

E200605

The National Assembly of Kenya is the lower house of the country’s bicameral legislature, responsible for lawmaking, budget approval, and oversight of the national executive.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
National Assembly of Kenya canonical 16

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body
lower house of parliament
abbreviation NA
budgetRole appropriation of funds
consideration of budget estimates
canDissolveWith dissolution of Parliament
constitutionalOrder Constitution of Kenya
surface form: 2010 Constitution of Kenya
country Kenya
countryCapital Nairobi
electoralConstituencies 290 constituencies
electoralCycle general elections every 5 years
establishedBy Constitution of Kenya
governedBy Standing Orders of the National Assembly
hasChamber Senate of Kenya
hasClerk Clerk of the Parliament
surface form: Clerk of the National Assembly
hasCommitteeSystem departmental committees
select committees
hasReservedSeatsFor special interests via nominated members
women representatives
hasSpeaker Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya
houseType lower house
jurisdiction national level
languageUsed English
Swahili language
surface form: Kiswahili
legislativeStructure bicameral legislature
legislatureNumbering Parliament of Kenya
surface form: 13th Parliament of Kenya (current term, subject to date)
location Nairobi
meetsIn Parliament Buildings, Nairobi
meetsUnder Constitution of Kenya
surface form: Constitution of Kenya 2010
numberOfElectedMembers 290
numberOfMembers 349
numberOfNominatedMembers 12
numberOfWomenCountyMembers 47
oversightMechanism question time for Cabinet Secretaries (through committees)
partOf Parliament of Kenya
power approval of national budget
enactment of national legislation
impeachment proceedings against the President (jointly with Senate where applicable)
oversight of national executive
oversight of national revenue and expenditure
representation of constituencies
predecessor unicameral National Assembly of Kenya
presidingOfficerTitle Speaker
responsibility budget approval
lawmaking
oversight of the national executive
termLength 5 years
votingSystem first-past-the-post
website https://www.parliament.go.ke/national-assembly

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Parliament of Kenya hasComponent National Assembly of Kenya
Parliament of Kenya hasHouse National Assembly of Kenya
Parliament of Kenya canDissolve National Assembly of Kenya
Government of Kenya lowerHouse National Assembly of Kenya
Senate of Kenya lowerHouse National Assembly of Kenya
Cabinet of Kenya requiresApprovalBy National Assembly of Kenya
Parliament Buildings, Nairobi occupant National Assembly of Kenya
Constitution of Kenya establishes National Assembly of Kenya
Speaker of the National Assembly chamber National Assembly of Kenya
subject surface form: Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya
Speaker of the National Assembly appointedBy National Assembly of Kenya
subject surface form: Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya
Speaker of the National Assembly jurisdiction National Assembly of Kenya
subject surface form: Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya
Cabinet Secretaries of Kenya requiresApprovalBy National Assembly of Kenya
subject surface form: Cabinet Secretary of Kenya
Cabinet Secretaries of Kenya canBeRemovedBy National Assembly of Kenya
subject surface form: Cabinet Secretary of Kenya
Cabinet Secretaries requiresApprovalBy National Assembly of Kenya
subject surface form: Cabinet Secretaries of Kenya
Cabinet Secretaries accountableTo National Assembly of Kenya
subject surface form: Cabinet Secretaries of Kenya
Chief Justice of Kenya confirmedBy National Assembly of Kenya