The aspirations of Kenyans was for this House to be the country’s Upper House and we must ensure the next Senate assumes its position at that apex,” said Ethuro. Updated Sun, July 24th 2016 at 14:52 GMT +3The Senate has maintained it will fight for its space as the country’s Upper House, as members began a two-day retreat on transition into the next Parliament. “If we had not protested over the Anti-doping Bill, it would not have been sent back to this House,” said Kembi. “We must sort out these bottlenecks that have been holding back the Senate’s operations. Leaders of the House – the first Senate after the new dispensation order of Constitution 2010 – also took time to reflect on the challenges and successes they have made, at the same time maintaining that they will fight to ensure the House under the 12th Parliament is not emasculated.

Source: Standard Digital July 24, 2016 11:48 UTC