The Speaker is the presiding officer

Speaker (politics)

The term speaker is a title often given to the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body. The speaker's official role is to moderate debate, make rulings on procedure, announce the results of votes, and the like. The speaker decides who may speak and has the...

 of the Kenyan Parliament (also known as the National Assembly of Kenya

National Assembly of Kenya

The unicameral National Assembly of Kenya is the country's legislative body.The current National Assembly has a total of 224 members. 210 members are directly elected in single member constituencies using the simple majority system...

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Qualifications

The speaker is elected by the assembly from among persons or are qualified to be members of the assembly. The Speaker's term ends once a new parliament is re-convened after dissolution.

Speakers of the Parliament of Kenya

Speaker	Dates	Party Affiliation
Sir Humphrey Slade	1967–1970	N/A
Fred Mbiti Gideon Mati	1970–1988	APP/KANU Kenya African National Union The Kenya African National Union, better known as KANU is a political party which ruled Kenya for nearly 40 years after its independence from British colonial rule in 1963, until its electoral loss at the end of 2002...
Moses Kiprono arap Keino Moses Kiprono arap Keino Moses Kiprono arap Keino was Speaker of the Parliament of Kenya from 1988 until 1991.-Education and early life:...	1988–1991	KANU Kenya African National Union The Kenya African National Union, better known as KANU is a political party which ruled Kenya for nearly 40 years after its independence from British colonial rule in 1963, until its electoral loss at the end of 2002...
Jonathan Kimetet arap Ngeno	1991–1993	KANU Kenya African National Union The Kenya African National Union, better known as KANU is a political party which ruled Kenya for nearly 40 years after its independence from British colonial rule in 1963, until its electoral loss at the end of 2002...
Francis ole Kaparo	1993–2008	KANU Kenya African National Union The Kenya African National Union, better known as KANU is a political party which ruled Kenya for nearly 40 years after its independence from British colonial rule in 1963, until its electoral loss at the end of 2002...
Kenneth Marende Kenneth Marende Kenneth Otiato Marende, born 7 January 1956, is the Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya's 10th Parliament. He was elected Speaker on January 15, 2008. Prior to his election as Speaker, Hon...	2008–Present	ODM Orange Democratic Movement Orange Democratic Movement refers to a political party in Kenya, which is the successor of a former grassroots people's movement which was formed in the 2005 Kenyan constitutional referendum. The erstwhile single party which separated in August 2007 into two...

Bicameral parliament

Previously, there were separate speakers to the Senate and the House of Representatives.

Speaker of the Colonial Legislative Council

• William K. Horne (1948–1955)
• Frederick Ferdinand W. Cavendish-Bentinck (1955–1960)
• Sir Humphrey Slade (1960–1963)