The Senate of Kenya is a yet-to-be-established upper house of the currently-unicameral Parliament of Kenya. Following the passing of the constitutional referendum

Kenyan constitutional referendum, 2010

A constitutional referendum was held in Kenya on August 4, 2010 on whether to adopt a proposed new constitution passed by parliament on April 1, 2010...

 on August 4, 2010, it will be officially established as a body of the legislative branch on August 18, 2010, accompanied with a slew of Acts of the National Assembly authorizing the establishment of the new constitution.

The 1963 Constitution of Kenya also provided for a Senate. It consisted of 41 senators elected for six years, one-third retiring every two years. Speaker was Timothy Chokwe. The Senate was later abolsihed

Tentative establishment

• Most likely first convened through the scheduled general election in 2012
• Each of the 47 counties will have a Senator
  • sixteen women members who shall be nominated by political parties according to their proportion of members of the Senate elected under clause (a) in accordance with Article 90
  • two members, being one man and one woman, representing the youth;
  • two members, being one man and one woman, representing persons with disabilities; and
  • the Speaker, who shall be an ex officio member.
• A senator will be elected by the voters.
• Tentative total number of Senators will be 60.

Tentative powers

• Empowered to represent the interests of the counties and their governments
• Participates in paw-making by considering, debating and approving Bills concerning counties
• Determines allocation of national revenue among counties.
• Has powers of impeachment over President and Vice-President