National Assembly approves appointment of members to House Business Committee

𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 
𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟏𝟐, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 

The National Assembly has approved the appointment of nine Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House Business Committee (HBC) in accordance with the Standing Orders. 

The approval follows nomination letters submitted to the Clerk of the National Assembly by the Leader of the Majority Party, Hon. Kimani Ichung’wa, on February 6, 2025, and the Leader of the Minority Party, Hon. Junet Mohammed, on February 10, 2025. 

The newly appointed MPs to the House Business Committee are;

1. 𝘏𝘰𝘯. 𝘖𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘬𝘰 𝘔𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘢, 

2. 𝘏𝘰𝘯. 𝘙𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘔𝘣𝘶𝘪, 

3. 𝘏𝘰𝘯. 𝘍𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘞𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘶 𝘎𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘶, 

4. 𝘏𝘰𝘯. 𝘚𝘢𝘮𝘶𝘦𝘭 𝘒. 𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘱𝘬𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘢, 

5. 𝘏𝘰𝘯. 𝘈𝘥𝘢𝘯 𝘞𝘦𝘩𝘭𝘪𝘺𝘦 𝘒𝘦𝘺𝘯𝘢𝘯, 

6. 𝘏𝘰𝘯. 𝘛𝘰𝘮 𝘑𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘩 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘴 𝘒𝘢𝘫𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘨’, 

7. 𝘏𝘰𝘯. 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘩 𝘗𝘢𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘒𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘳𝘦, 

8. 𝘏𝘰𝘯. 𝘑𝘰𝘴𝘩𝘶𝘢 𝘔𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪 𝘔𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘰, 

9. 𝘏𝘰𝘯. 𝘜𝘮𝘶𝘭 𝘒𝘦𝘳 𝘒𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘮 𝘚𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘬𝘩. 

The newly appointed Members join the Speaker of the National Assembly (Chairperson), the Leader of the Majority Party, the Leader of the Minority Party, and the Whips of both parties to form the House Business Committee. 

In a motion tabled in the House, Speaker Moses Wetang’ula directed the newly appointed committee members to convene immediately to plan the House’s agenda." I direct all Members of the House Business Committee to meet this afternoon and schedule the business of the House," Speaker Wetang’ula stated. 

𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐞 

The House Business Committee, established under Standing Order 171, is responsible for setting the agenda of the National Assembly. 

The HBC's mandate includes preparing and adjusting the Parliamentary Calendar with the House's approval, monitoring and overseeing the implementation of House business and programs, implementing Standing Orders related to the scheduling or programming of House business and the functioning of its Committees.