National Assembly · Afternoon Sitting

Members of the National Assembly used the afternoon sitting to commend President William Ruto’s State of the Nation address, emphasizing achievements in job creation, education, housing, agriculture, health and security. The speakers highlighted specific programmes such as teacher recruitment, subsidised fertiliser, affordable housing and the push for national unity, urging continued support for the government’s agenda. While acknowledging challenges, the overall tone was supportive and optimistic. The session focused on disputing the President’s claim of 56,750 teachers hired, with Hon. Baya demanding official TSC data and the Deputy Speaker urging Hon. Kibagendi to withdraw unsubstantiated figures. Hon. Kibagendi then raised broader concerns about job creation, inequitable resource distribution and national cohesion, while Hon. Nyamai highlighted the positive points in the President’s speech regarding youth cadres. Hon. Adan Keynan highlighted several national priorities, praising the funding of the judiciary, Kenya’s UNSC membership, affordable housing initiatives and digitisation of services, while expressing concern over the El Nino floods and the lack of effective assistance to northern Kenya. He urged the government to address the disaster urgently and called on the opposition to allow the elected administration to perform its mandate.