Raila backs bid to make Senate upper house

Former Prime Raila Odinga addresses the Press after attending Budget and Finance Committee's recommendations session on the Fourth Basis Revenue sharing formula at Senate Chambers, Nairobi, on May 22, 2025. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga has renewed calls for constitutional reforms to elevate the Senate to the upper house of Parliament as originally envisaged under the 2010 Constitution.

Addressing Senators during a sensitisation meeting organised by the Senate Finance Committee on the fourth basis revenue-sharing formula, Raila urged both Houses of Parliament to adhere strictly to their constitutional mandates.