Senate Speaker Amason Kingi has issued a warning to nominated senator Karen Nyamu after she entered the Senate chambers in a manner that went against the official dress code.

The incident occurred during the Senate’s afternoon session on Wednesday, September 24, 2025, when the senator arrived wearing her jacket on one side while the other side was left hanging.

The matter was brought to the speaker’s attention by Kitui senator Enoch Wambua, who called for the speaker’s intervention to enforce the chamber’s rules and take action against Nyamu’s mode of dressing.

Wambua argued that should the speaker fail to deliver his ruling on these, he would be setting a dangerous precedent where members would be attending senate sessions while improperly dressed.

“Speaker, have you seen Senator Karen Nyamu and the way she is dressed today, walking into the house with one side of the jacket worn and the rest hanging? Mr Speaker, you must enforce rules in this house. I would like you to give precedence to what has happened, Mr Speaker.” Wambua stated.

Following this, Speaker Kingi delivered his ruling, declaring Senator Nyamu out of order for violating the Senate’s dress code. He issued her with a final warning, cautioning that if the same incident were to happen again, she would be ordered to leave the chamber.

“You are out of order for violating the speaker’s rules. Karen Nyamu, I will give you a warning for today. If you repeat the same thing you will have to leave the chamber,” Speaker ruled

Senate recces

This comes a day after the Senate resumed sittings after a month-long recess.

The two houses proceeded on the 4-week annual hiatus on Thursday, August 15, 2025, with them first expected to resume sittings on September 15, 2025.

The recess was extended by a week after a vote in the Senate to September 22, following their break being interrupted for them to deliberate on important issues that had arisen as a matter of urgency while on their leave.

For the Senate, the impeachment motion of Kericho governor Erick Mutai interrupted their recesses, and they were forced to break from their recess and attend to the ouster hearing, which lasted for 3 days.

For their sake, the senators proposed that their break be compensated by adding an extra week.

The MPs on the other side were required to proceed on leave for them to attend to important constituency matters and prepare for an intensive legislative process after the recess.

These breaks, according to parliamentary standing orders and acts of parliament, are essential since they help the MPs in balancing their parliamentary duties with grassroots engagements, ensuring the lawmakers remain connected to their constituents as well as advancing national legislation as mandated to them by the constitution.