Kenya's Senate vows to fight for its status as the Upper House

The Senate has maintained it will fight for its space as the country’s Upper House, as members began a two-day retreat on transition into the next Parliament.

Leaders of the House – the first Senate after the new dispensation order of Constitution 2010 – also took time to reflect on the challenges and successes they have made, at the same time maintaining that they will fight to ensure the House under the 12th Parliament is not emasculated. The supremacy battles they have had to wage with their National Assembly counterparts, battles with governors over accountability of billions sent to counties and occasional differences with members of constitutional commissions, courts and other independent offices featured as key challenges of the current House, which they maintained must be ironed out before the next House.