- Both Houses will, however, have to consider and approve the calendar of the sittings as its first business.
- They are also expected to approve members to sit in the House business committee
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Members of Parliament and senators are today afternoon set to resume their normal sessions after a two-month-long recess.
Both Houses went on recess last November.
Consideration of the 2023 Budget Policy Statement recently submitted by Treasury cabinet secretary Njuguna Ndung’u tops the agenda once the lawmakers settle down for their sessions.
Both Houses will, however, have to consider and approve the calendar of the sittings as the first business.
They are also expected to approve members to sit in the House business committee, powers and privileges committees and select committee on members’ services and facilities.
Memberships of these committees are approved every new session.
Seven members have been proposed to serve in the business committee of the Senate while nine have been named to the National Assembly.
Also lined up for consideration and approval through the relevant committees in both Houses is the vetting and approval hearings of various nominees to state and public offices.
In the Senate’s Order paper for the day, the Speaker is set to deliver a communiqué from President William Ruto on the nomination of Susan Koech for appointment as CBK deputy governor and four other members to the National Climate Change Council.
The MPs and Senators will be embarking on normal businesses at a time they have benefited from enhanced training on parliamentary practices and procedures.
Also on the agenda will be the consideration of three key constitutional amendments forwarded by the President in a memo dated December 9, 2022.
Ruto has proposed amendments to the Constitution to have an office of official leader of the opposition created and the third gender principle that is set to pave way for the implementation of the elusive two-third gender rule.