National Assembly (Kenya)

**National Assembly**
Basic data
Seat:	Nairobi
MPs:	349
Current legislative period
Last choice:	August 8, 2017
Chair:	Justin Muturi
	Website
	www.parliament.go.ke

Distribution of seats in 2013

A total of 349 seats

Jubilee : 167
Amani : 24
Otherwise: 17
CORD : 141

The National Assembly ( Swahili honeycomb ) is the lower house of the parliament of Kenya . It faces the Senate as a second chamber .

The National Assembly building is located in the capital, Nairobi .

According to Article 95 of the Kenyan Constitution, the National Assembly consists of a total of 349 members. Of these, 290 are directly elected representatives of the constituencies, 47 are women who each represent a county and 12 are MPs, who are appointed by the parties in proportion to their election results and are supposed to represent special social groups, including the youth, disabled people and workers. The speaker of the National Assembly is a member ex officio .

The women's suffrage led Kenya a 1919th

elections

The last election took place on August 8, 2017.

Individual evidence

^ Jad Adams: Women and the Vote. A world history. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2014, ISBN 978-0-19-870684-7 , page 437

[1] Jad Adams: Women and the Vote. A world history. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2014, ISBN 978-0-19-870684-7 , page 437