Top 5 most vocal female speakers in Parliament
They were most vocal in expressing public/ constituent views.
Since the inauguration of the current Parliament after the 2022 elections
In Summary
A new parliament watchdog report has revealed MPs and senators in the current August House who have sponsored the most bills since the inauguration of the current Parliament after the 2022 elections.
The 2024 Parliamentary Scorecard released by Mzalendo Trust revealed the names of the MPs. Mzalendo Trust is a Kenyan Parliamentary Monitoring Organisation.
The report also reveals Kenya’s most active MPs in the two Houses of Parliament—the Senate and the National Assembly.
In the National Assembly, Funyula MP Wilberforce Oundo spoke a record 103 times on the floor, to become the most active legislator in the House.
Besides being the most active, Oundo voted against the controversial Finance Bill, 2024 and rejected former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua’s impeachment.
ODM’s Beatrice Elachi (Dagoretti North) and James Nyikal (Seme) spoke 98 and 94 times respectively in the debating chamber.
Wiper’s Makali Mulu (Kitui Central) and Jubilee’s Adan Keynan (Eldas) top the list of the five most active members. Makali spoke 80 times while Keynan spoke 47 times.
They were most vocal in expressing public/ constituent views.
The performance was exclusively determined by number of times individual MPs speak in Parliament.