Legislative Branch
The unicameral National Assembly or Bunge has 224 members, 210 members elected for a five-year term in single-seat constituencies, 12 members nominated by political parties in proportion to their share of seats won in the single-member constituencies and 2 ex officio members: the attorney general and the speaker. From the 2012 elections, and subject to an ongoing electoral boundary review, a further 80 members for single member constituencies will be added to the National Assembly in addition to 47 women elected from counties, as it becomes the lower house in a parliament. There will be a senate with 68 members. 47 will be elected from counties acting as single member constituencies, 16 women nominated by political parties, a man and a woman to represent youths and a man and woman to represent people with disabities. The speaker will be an ex officio member. Kenyan Parliament Building
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