Parliament of Kenya

Key Facts

Head of State: President Dr William Ruto

Joined the Commonwealth: 1963

Capital City (location of Parliament): Nairobi

Unicameral/Bicameral: Bicameral - National Assembly (349), Senate (68)

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CPA UK & Kenya

The Kenya and UK Parliaments have a mutually beneficial and positive relationship. CPA UK has been at the forefront of bringing together parliamentarians and officials to consult with and advise their Kenyan counterparts over a number of years, most notably during Kenya's constitutional transition and the creation of the new Senate in 2013. Until the end of the May 2015, CPA UK had supported the State University of New York (SUNY) in running a comprehensive programme of support to the Parliament for 15 years, funded by USAID and DFID, amongst others. 

CPA UK has been providing support to the Kenya Women’s Parliamentary Association (KEWOPA) since January 2011. Prior to the 2013 elections, the number of women parliamentarians stood at just 22 which has subsequently increased to 76 in the National Assembly and 21 in the Senate. CPA UK has also worked to support building the capacity of Committees and procedural clerks on a variety of topics. In 2010, CPA UK sent a delegation of ten parliamentarians to participate in Kenya's hosting of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference in Nairobi.

CPA UK had a short break in engagement before the parliamentary elections in August 2017, but supported the Commonwealth Secretariat in sourcing a UK parliamentary observer to the elections that year.

Kenyan parliamentarians and clerks are frequent participants and contributors to CPA UK's multilateral programmes, attending the Westminster Seminar on Parliamentary Practice and Procedure as well as the Commonwealth Parliamentarians' Forum in 2018.

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Examples of our Past Programmes

Women in Trade Workshop, Westminster, 20-22 June 2023

Members of Parliament from across the Commonwealth participated in CPA UK's Women in Trade Workshop, held on 20 - 22 June 2023 in the UK Parliament. CPA UK's first all-women in-person multilateral programme, brought together women parliamentarians from across the Commonwealth, for a three-day Workshop designed to strengthen their knowledge of international trade and to discuss specific impact of trade agreements on gender equality, poverty alleviation, and the economic empowerment of women in the Commonwealth.

To read the Women in Trade Workshop Final Report, click here.