JUST IN: Parliament Rejects Proposal to Extend Senators’ Terms to Seven Years 

  A joint Parliamentary committee has dismissed a proposal by the National Dialogue Committee (Nadco) to extend senators’ terms from five to seven years, citing constitutional and financial concerns. In a report tabled before both the Senate and the National Assembly, the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee stressed that such a change would require a complete constitutional overhaul. “Altering the term and date of election of members of the Senate would require a complete overhaul of the constitution,“ the report stated. The committee, chaired by Bomet Senator Hillary Sigei and Tharaka MP George Murugara, argued that holding Senate elections separately from other
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