Senate has gazetted Friday, October 25, 2025, as the date for a public hearing on the proposal to amend the Constitution to extend the term limit of elected officials from the current five years to seven years.

According to a gazette notice signed by the Senate clerk Jeremiah Nyengenye on Friday, October 11, 2025, the proposal is contained in the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill, 2024 (Senate Bills No. 46 of 2024), which was read for the first time in the Senate on September 26, 2024, before being committed to the Standing Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights for further consideration.

According to the notice, the committee is mandated under Standing Order 145(5) to facilitate public participation and collect views and recommendations from Kenyans before making its final report to the Senate.

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The bill seeks to introduce several far-reaching amendments to the Constitution. Among the key proposals is the extension of the term of office for the President, Members of Parliament, County Governors, and Members of County Assemblies from five to seven years.

It also proposes the creation of the office of the prime minister, who will be appointed by the president from among members of Parliament, and the increase of county government revenue allocation from 15 per cent to 40 per cent.

Other amendments include provisions for the approval of both the National Assembly and the Senate in extending a state of emergency, clarification on the role of the Senate in oversight of county revenue, and new procedures for the consideration of Division of Revenue and County Allocation of Revenue Bills by both Houses of Parliament.

The Bill further seeks to provide for the leadership and order of precedence in the Senate, clarity on the definition of a Money Bill, and approval of both Houses before the Kenya Defence Forces can be deployed in any part of the country.

The bill aimed at extending the presidential term limit was moved by Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei, which caused uproar among Kenyans who were opposed to it.

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Presidential extension bill

Recently, Busia senator Okiya Omtatah came out to state that the motion was killed by the JLAC committee after being presented by the mover at the committee level, citing it as creating more constitutional problems than it aimed to solve, only for the motion to later emerge.

According to Cherargei, five years aren’t enough for an elected official to fully deliver on the mandate.