{"id":139987,"date":"2026-05-06T08:03:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T08:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/kilifi-to-host-senate-mashinani-in-september\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T08:03:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T08:03:10","slug":"kilifi-to-host-senate-mashinani-in-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/kilifi-to-host-senate-mashinani-in-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Kilifi to host Senate Mashinani in September"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya May 6 \u2013 The Senate approved a Motion to hold its Plenary and Committee sittings in Kilifi County for one week, from September 21 to 25, 2026 in a move aimed at bringing parliamentary businesses closer to the people.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By convening sittings outside the traditional Parliament Buildings in Nairobi, Senators aim to create more opportunities for citizens to participate in the legislative process.<\/p>\n<p>The sittings are also expected to foster stronger partnerships between the Senate and county governments and provide a platform for staff of county assemblies to exchange knowledge and best practices with parliamentary officers.<\/p>\n<p>The Kilifi sittings build on previous sessions held in Uasin Gishu, Kitui, Turkana and Busia.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate Business Committee recommended the move, which was adopted by the House on March 8, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The resolution requires the Senate to hold at least one week of sittings in a county every September during the term of the 4th Senate, except in election years.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya May 6 \u2013 The Senate approved a Motion to hold its Plenary and Committee sittings in Kilifi County for one week, from September 21 to 25, 2026 in a move aimed at bringing parliamentary businesses closer to the people. By convening sittings outside the traditional Parliament Buildings in Nairobi, Senators aim to create [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139987\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}