The National Assembly  

The National Assembly is on recess until 31st March 2026.  

The Senate  

Tuesday,17th March 2026 

Motions 

1. Report of the Standing Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights on a Petition to the Senate by Hon. Isaiah Maina, a Member of the County Assembly (Mca) of Nandi County Representing Ol’lessos Ward on the Proposed Amendments to the County Governments Act (Cap. 265). 

1. Report of the Standing Committee on Energy on Inquiry into the Shortage of Smart Energy Meters in Kenya and the Potential for their Local Manufacturing. 

1. Report of the Standing Committee on Health on the Report on the County Oversight and Networking Engagements in Kitui, Makueni and Machakos Counties. 

1. Extension of Time for Consideration of the Sugar (General) Regulations, 2025 (Legal Notice No. 167 of 2025) and the Sugar (Imports and Exports) Regulations, 2025 (Legal Notice No. 168 of 2025). 

Bills  

1. The Agriculture Produce (Minimum Guaranteed Returns) Bill (Senate Bills No. 17 of 2025). 

1. The Public Audit (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bills No. 4 of 2024). 

1. The Culture Bill (National Assembly Bills No. 12 of 2024). 

1. The Wildlife Conservation and Management (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No. 46 of 2023). 

1. The Wildlife Conservation and Management (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No. 49 of 2023). 

1. The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Control) (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No. 1 of 2024). 

1. The County Wards (Equitable Development) Bill (Senate Bills No. 20 of 2024). 

1. The Livestock Protection and Sustainability Bill (Senate Bills No. 32 of 2024). 

1. The Health (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No. 12 Of 2025). 

1. The Nuts and Oil Crops Development Bill (Senate Bills No. 47 of 2023). 

1. The Heritage and Museums Bill (Senate Bills No. 8 of 2023). 

1. The Statutory Instruments (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No. 10 of 2024). 

1. The County Hall of Fame Bill (Senate Bills No. 18 of 2023). 

1. The Public Fundraising Appeals Bill (Senate Bills No. 36 of 2024). 

Wednesday, 18th March 2026 (Morning Sitting) 

Motions 

1. Mainstreaming a Framework for Clean Cooking in Kenya. 

1. Report of the Proceedings of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Conference on the Role of Parliament in Shaping the Future of Responsible AI Held from 28th to 30th November 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 

1. Report of the 3rd Commonwealth Parliamentarians with Disabilities (CPWDs) Africa Region Conference Held in Lusaka, Zambia from 24th – 28th February 2025. 

1. Reports of the Kenya Delegation to the Sittings of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) Committees and other Pan-African Parliament (PAP) Organs held at Gallagher Convention Centre, Midrand, South Africa from 13th to 20th September, 2024, and 28th October to 17th November, 2024. 

Bills 

No bills were mentioned. 

Questions and Statements  

Question No. 024. The Senator for Kisumu County (Sen. (Prof.) Tom Ojienda, SC, MP) to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Investments, Trade and Industry: 

1. Could the Cabinet Secretary provide details on the forms of support the Ministry extends to county governments to build capacity for sustainable market management and to ensure uninterrupted operations in key markets, and explain how the Ministry monitors the effectiveness of such support? 

1. What oversight mechanisms exist to facilitate National Government intervention whenever recommendations for operational improvements are not implemented fully and promptly or whenever county-level decisions adversely impact local economic activity, and could the Cabinet Secretary provide details on any instance where such mechanisms were invoked? 

1. What proactive strategies is the Ministry implementing to ensure the continuity of market operations, promote economic resilience and protect traders’ livelihoods, particularly in high-volume trading hubs across the country? 

Question No. 026. The Senator for Kisumu County (Sen. (Prof.) Tom Ojienda, SC, MP) to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport: 

1.  Could the Cabinet Secretary indicate the current status of investigations into the fatal bus accident that occurred on 9th August, 2025, at the Coptic roundabout in Mamboleo along the Kisumu–Kakamega highway, which claimed the lives of 26 persons and left several others injured? 

1. Has the Ministry undertaken a road safety audit and black-spot mapping for roads leading to Kisumu City, and could the Cabinet Secretary provide timelines for the implementation of remedial measures, including installation of signage, speed control mechanisms and enhanced traffic enforcement? 

1. What measures has the Ministry put in place to address the rising number of fatal accidents involving long distance passenger buses, particularly on roads serving the western region of Kenya? 

Question No. 027. The Senator for Kisumu County (Sen. (Prof.) Tom Ojienda, SC, MP) to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Cooperatives and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Development: 

1. Could the Cabinet Secretary outline the measures the Ministry has adopted to cushion small-scale traders against eroded profit margins caused by the rising cost of essential commodities? 

1. Could the Cabinet Secretary clarify whether the Ministry intends to expand access to affordable credit through the Hustler Fund, SACCOs or other credit guarantee schemes for informal traders in Kisumu, given that current interest rates remain as high as 23-24%? 

1. What safeguards exist to ensure that women and youth traders, who form the majority in Kisumu’s informal markets, are equitably included in these credit support programmes? 

Question No. 035. Nominated Senator (Sen. Beth Syengo, MP) to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Co-operatives and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Development: 

1. When will the Ministry ensure payment of outstanding terminal dues to the laid-off staff of the defunct Kenya Planters Co-operative Union (KPCU), numbering four hundred and two (402), who were separated from service between 2002 and 2010, and who are owed approximately Kshs. 400 million? 

1. Could the Cabinet Secretary state whether the Ministry has a comprehensive payment schedule for settlement of the said staff dues, indicating timelines, amounts payable and beneficiaries, and whether the schedule provides for interest accruing from the date the payments fell due, including timelines for payment of such interest? 

Question No. 036. Nominated Senator (Sen. Beth Syengo, MP) to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Co-operatives and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Development: 

1. Could the Cabinet Secretary explain when the Ministry plans to pay outstanding proceeds due to coffee farmers for coffee sold through the defunct Kenya Planters Co operative Union (KPCU) in the Coffee Pool Year 2008/2009, amounting to approximately Kshs. 60 million? 

1. Could the Cabinet Secretary further explain whether the Ministry has a payment schedule for the affected farmers, indicating timelines, amounts payable and beneficiaries, and whether the schedule provides for interest accruing from the date the proceeds fell due, including timelines for payment of such interest? 

Wednesday, 18th March 2026 (Afternoon Sitting) 

Motions 

1. Report of the Standing Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights on a Petition to the Senate by Hon. Isaiah Maina, a Member of the County Assembly (Mca) of Nandi County Representing Ol’lessos Ward on the Proposed Amendments to the County Governments Act (Cap. 265). 

1. Report of the Liaison Committee on the Activities and Operations of Select Committees During the Third Session (2024). 

1. Provision of Ifmis Reports for County Governments to the Senate. 

1. Delink Junior Secondary Schools from Primary Schools. 

Bills  

1. The Division of Revenue Bill (National Assembly Bills No. 2 of 2026). 

1. The Agriculture Produce (Minimum Guaranteed Returns) Bill (Senate Bills No. 17 of 2025). 

1. The Public Audit (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bills No. 4 of 2024). 

1. The Culture Bill (National Assembly Bills No. 12 of 2024). 

1. The Health (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No. 12 of 2025). 

1. The Nuts and Oil Crops Development Bill (Senate Bills No. 47 of 2023). 

1. The Heritage and Museums Bill (Senate Bills No. 8 of 2023). 

1. The Statutory Instruments (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No. 10 of 2024). 

1. The County Hall of Fame Bill (Senate Bills No. 18 of 2023). 

1. The Public Fundraising Appeals Bill (Senate Bills No. 36 of 2024). 

1. The Environment Laws (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No. 23 of 2024). 

1. The Sports (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill (Senate Bills No. 45 of 2024). 

1. Kenya National Council for Population and Development Bill (National Assembly Bills No. 72 of 2023). 

1. The County Governments (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No. 39 of 2024). 

1. The Street Naming and Property Addressing System Bill (Senate Bills No. 43 of 2024). 

1. The County Governments Laws (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No. 52 of 2024) (Sen. Kathuri Murungi, MP). 

1. The County Governments Laws (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No. 14 Of 2025) (Sen. Abdul Haji, MP). 

1. The National Construction Authority (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No. 15 of 2025). 

Thursday 19th March 2026, 

Motions  

1. Report of the 3rd Commonwealth Parliamentarians with Disabilities (CPWDs) Africa Region Conference Held in Lusaka, Zambia from 24th – 28th February 2025. 

1. Report of the Standing Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights on a Petition to the Senate by Hon. Isaiah Maina, a Member of the County Assembly (MCA) of Nandi County, representing Ol’lessos Ward, on the Proposed Amendments to the County Governments Act (Cap. 265). 

1. Report of the Liaison Committee on the Activities and Operations of Select Committees During the Third Session (2024). 

1. Inclusion of Teacher Training College Students in the Higher Education Funding Model. 

1. Provision of Ifmis Reports for County Governments to the Senate. 

Bills  

1. The Culture Bill (National Assembly Bills No. 12 of 2024). 

1. The Public Audit (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bills No. 4 of 2024). 

1. The Health (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No. 12 of 2025). 

1. The National Construction Authority (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No. 15 of 2025). 

1. The Community Health Promoters Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 53 of 2022). 

1. The Kenya Health Products and Technologies Regulatory Authority Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 54 of 2022). 

1. The Kenya Roads (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill (National Assembly Bills No. 34 of 2025). 

1. The Environmental Management and Coordination (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bills No. 66 of 2023). 

1. The Autism Management Bill (Senate Bills No. 19 of 2025). 

1. The Public Service Internship Bill (National Assembly Bills No. 63 of 2022). 

1. The Basic Education (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bills No. 59 of 2023).