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Excitement as new young MPs enter parliament

Parliamentary staff show newly-elected Members of Parliament the bar at the door leading to the chamber during their orientation. Whenever MPs are voting in the House, the bar remains shut, preventing any member from accessing the chamber. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Excitement marked the orientation of newly-elected MPs, with parliamentary staff and security having a hard time identifying first-timers.

The MPs met for the first time in Parliament yesterday for housekeeping briefings ahead of tomorrow's swearing-in of members of the 12th Parliament.

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