Public access and participation
Parliament must conduct its business openly, with sittings and committee sittings in public, and must facilitate public participation. It may exclude the public or media only in exceptional circumstances where the Speaker finds justifiable reasons.
The official text
(1) Parliament shall—
(a) conduct its business in an open manner, and its sittings and those of its committees shall be in public; and
(b) facilitate public participation and involvement in the legislative and other business of Parliament and its committees.
(2) Parliament may not exclude the public, or any media, from any sitting unless in exceptional circumstances the relevant Speaker has determined that there are justifiable reasons for the exclusion.
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.