Senate Speaker Jefferson Amason Kingi has scheduled a special senate sitting for the swearing in of Elgeyo Marakwet Senator-elect William Kisang.
In a statement released on Wednesday, January 18, Kingi set the special senate sitting for Thursday 19.
Kisang won the seat in a by-election held on January 5, after garnering 41,378 votes on a UDA ticket.
He defeated Tim Kipchumba of the PPD party who emerged second with 38,151 votes.
The seat fell vacant after former Senator Kipchumba Murkomen was appointed Transport Cabinet Secretary by President William Ruto in October 2022.
In a gazette notice on Wednesday, Senate Speaker Amason Kingi has recalled senators for a special sitting on Thursday where Kipsang will be sworn in.
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“The business to be transacted at the sittings shall be the swearing-in of William Kipkemoi Kisang, the Senator-elect for Elgeyo Marakwet County and the consideration of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2022 (National Assembly Bills No 49 of 2022),” Kingi said in the notice.
“In accordance with Standing Order 33 (5) of the Senate Standing Orders, the business specified in this Notice shall be the only business before the Senate during the special sittings.”
The seat attracted another four candidates— Safina party’s Jerotich Seii, independent candidates Andrew Mengich and Kelvin Kemboi and Timothy Tanui of the New Democrats Party.
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2022, seeks to change the composition of the IEBC selection panel.
The panel will conduct the recruitment of IEBC commissioners following the retirement and resignation of the poll agency officials.
