The 11th Parliament of Kenya was the meeting of the legislative branch of the national government of Kenya, which began on 28 March 2013. It is the first Parliament to incorporate the structural reforms laid out in the 2010 Constitution. The constitution re-established the Senate and increased the size of the National Assembly from 224 seats to 349 seats.
In the 2013 parliamentary elections, the Jubilee Alliance won a majority of seats in both the National Assembly and the Senate.
Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | Vacant | ||||
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Jubilee | Amani | Jubilee-Affiliated | CORD | |||
Begin | 30 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 67 | 0 |
27 April 2013 | 27 | 66 | 1 | |||
1 August 2013 | 28 | 67 | 0 | |||
16 October 2013 | 27 | 66 | 1 | |||
4 February 2014 | 28 | 67 | 0 |
Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | Vacant | |||||
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Jubilee | Amani | Jubilee-Affiliated | CORD | Unaffiliated | |||
Begin | 167 | 24 | 21 | 133 | 4 | 349 | 0 |
20 August 2013 | 132 | 348 | 1 | ||||
22 August 2013 | 3 | 347 | 2 | ||||
2 October 2013 | 25 | 20 | |||||
10 October 2013 | 131 | 346 | 3 | ||||
25 October 2013 [note 1] | 166 | 130 | 344 | 5 | |||
30 October 2013 | 131 | 345 | 4 | ||||
5 November 2013 | 4 | 346 | 3 | ||||
5 December 2013 | 132 | 347 | 2 | ||||
11 February 2014 | 167 | 21 | 349 | 0 |
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