Senators and MCAs are this week meeting for their devolution conference amid proposals by the National Assembly to scrap Senate and reduce the number of wards.
The Second Annual Legislative Summit begun yesterday and ends on Friday at Pride Inn Paradise Beach Resort, Mombasa county.
The summit programme shows President Uhuru Kenyatta is expected to open the event tomorrow.
The meeting, organised jointly by the Senate and the County Assemblies Forum, brings together all senators and MCAs from the 47 county assemblies.
Yesterday CAF secretary general Albert Kochei said the summit will provide an opportunity for MCAs to interact with senators and review how the two organs discharged their mandate in the four years they have been in the office.
He said the conference is also expected to provide a platform for participants to evaluate the performance of both levels of government in matters of policy, law, accountability, good governance, and service delivery, among others.
“This is a great opportunity for the legislators to have a national conversation on issues to do with legislation, oversight and representation in the Senate and county assemblies. We are approaching the next election and we will be preparing ground for the next legislature,” he told the Star on phone.
On Thursday last week, National Assembly’s on Budget and Appropriations, in it report, has recommended that the Senate be abolished or is strengthened to carry out work like the council of governors .
The committee chaired by Mbeere South MP Mutava Musyimi has also recommended that the number of the nominated MCAs be reduced. “On the issue of over-representation, the committee agreed that Kenyans are over-represented in the legislative bodies,” the report says.