President William Ruto’s Kenya Kwanza Alliance continues its clean sweep of Senate committee leadership positions on the third day of the elections.
After the coalition scooped all the chairperson and vice chairperson of all the five committees (Health, Finance and Budget, ICT, Labour and Social Welfare and Justice and Legal Affairs) that conducted their polls Tuesday, the same trend continued on Wednesday.
Baringo Senator William Cheptumo was elected the Chairperson of the National Security and Foreign Relations Committee, whereas Senator Karen Nyamu was confirmed as Vice Chair.
Senator Joyce Korir and Marsabit Senator Mohamed Chute were elected as leaders of the National Cohesion and Equal Opportunity Committee as Chair and Vice-chair respectively.
Nyandarua Senator John Methu Muhia was unanimously elected as the Chair of Lands, Environment & Natural Resources Committee and Samburu Senator Dr. Steve Lelegwe was elected as the Vice Chair.
Kiambu Senator Paul Karungo Thangwa was unanimously elected as Chair of the Cttee on Roads, Transport & Housing and Senator Peris Pesi Tobiko as the Vice Chair.
Kajiado Senator Lenku Ole Kanar Seki was elected unopposed as the Chair of the Committee on Trade, Industrialization, and Tourism and Sen. Kipchumba Murkomen was elected Vice Chair in his absentia. He was represented during the election by Sen. Joyce Korir.
The election came barely three days after the President chaired the Kenya Kwanza Senate Parliamentary Group meeting and struck out a deal on the leadership of the panels.
Kenya Kwanza, which is the majority coalition in the House, has the majority of the members in all the panels.
In the election conducted on Tuesday, former Uasin Gishu Governor Jackson Mandago was elected the chairperson of the Standing Committee on Health.
Mandago, who is the Uasin Gishu senator, will be assisted by nominated Senator Mariam Omar Sheikh.
Mandera Senator Ali Roba, who also served as governor between 2013 and 2022, was elected chairman of Finance and Budget Committee. He will be assisted Tabitha Mutinda (nominated).
Roba promised to lobby for more funds to be allocated to counties and ensure a revenue sharing formula that is adopted in future will carry the interest and diversity of all the 47 counties and its dynamics.
Senator Allan Chesang (Trans Nzoia) is the chairman of Information, Communication and Technology and will be assisted by Gloria Orwoba (nominated).
Bomet Senator Hillary Sigei and nominated counterpart Raphael Chimera were unanimously elected as chairperson and vice chairperson of Justice Legal And Human Rights Committee.
All the chairpersons were elected unopposed.
On Monday, Kirinyaga Senator James Murango was elected chairperson of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, with Senator Alexander Mundigi Munyi (Embu) as his deputy.
Senator Sheikh Mohamed Abass (Wajir) was elected to chair Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations committee, while nominated Senator Rosalinda Tuya was picked as the vice chairperson.
Murang’a Senator Joseph Nyutu was elected to chair the Education committee and will be assisted by nominated Senator Peris Tobiko as the vice chairperson.
Senator Wahome Wamatinga (Nyeri) will chair the Energy Committee and will be assisted by Veronicah Nduati (nominated).
