Skip to main contentSkip to footer
Article 108 · Part 3—Offices of Parliament

Party leaders

In plain English

There is a leader of the majority party and a leader of the minority party, being the National Assembly leaders of the largest and second largest party or coalition. The order of precedence is the Speaker, then the majority leader, then the minority leader.

The official text

(1) There shall be a leader of the majority party and a leader of the minority party.

(2) The leader of the majority party shall be the person who is the leader in the National Assembly of the largest party or coalition of parties.

(3) The leader of the minority party shall be the person who is the leader in the National Assembly of the second largest party or coalition of parties.

(4) The following order of precedence shall be observed in the National Assembly—

(a) the Speaker of the National Assembly;

(b) the leader of the majority party; and

(c) the leader of the minority party.

Summaries and answers are a plain-English guide written by Iam254, not legal advice. The official text is what counts. Official text: Constitution of Kenya, 2010, Kenya Law (National Council for Law Reporting), legislation as at 3 September 2010. It has not been amended since.