Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen.
The ministries of Interior, Education, Roads and Transport and Health are among those that attracted the highest questions from Members of Parliament during the 2025 fourth session.
The fourth session, which began in February up to December 4, 2025, saw the lawmakers asking a total of 130 various questions to 18 ministries.
According to a report released by parliament on the summary of business conducted during the year, the Interior ministry had 26 questions from MPs, the Ministry of education 24, roads and transport 23, while the health ministry had 20 questions coming its way.
The Office of the Prime Cabinet Secretary and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had five questions, which were all answered. National Treasury and Economic Planning had four, Agriculture and Livestock Development, Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation also had four questions.
The ministry of Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development, Youth Affairs, Creative Economy and Sport all had two questions each coming their way from MPs.
Among the key issues raised with the Ministry of National Treasury were the disbursement of the National Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) for the last financial year.
The lawmakers were concerned by the arrears that had been accumulated and the inordinate delay of the National Treasury in disbursing funds in time to help in the execution of various development projects at the constituency level.
They also raised concerns about the fate of thousands of students from poor backgrounds who depend on the bursaries offered by NG-CDF.
For the Interior Ministry, questions of abductions across the country and police brutality on protesters dominated the list of questions dealt with in parliament this year.
Deputy Inspector-General of Police Eliud Lagat. He stepped aside on June 16, 2025 over the death of teacher Albert Ojwang.
The death of Albert Ojwang’ at the Central Police station in Nairobi and the high insecurity cases in some parts of the country also dominated the list of questions to the interior ministry.
According to the National Assembly, out of the 26 questions for the interior ministry during the year under review, 21 were answered, while five are still pending.
A question can be marked as pending when an MP who raised the matter was unsatisfied with the answer given or the ministry is still getting more information about the specific issue raised.
For the Roads and Transport ministry, the question on the disbursement of the Sh10 billion Road Maintenance Levy Fund (RMLF) dominated their list of questions.
The control of the funds caused tension between the lawmakers, governors and Senators with both seeking to have control of the billions in the kitty.
The poor state of roads across the constituencies also formed the bulk of the questions lawmakers directed to the ministry.
For the Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs and Diaspora Affairs, questions of the status of Kenyans living abroad in deplorable conditions dominated their queries.
The lawmakers raised concerns over the deaths of many Kenyans being killed under mysterious circumstances in the Middle East countries.
The latest questions that were directed at the ministry were about the status of Kenyans, either detained or killed in Tanzania during the recent protests witnessed in the neighbouring country.
The criteria used by the government to classify hardship areas and payment of hardship allowances to teachers and other Civil Servants was also part of the questions the ministry faced in Parliament.
Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale during a press briefing at Afya House in Nairobi on August 25, 2025.
Under the Ministry of Health, the bulk of questions were related to the new health system- Social Health Authority (SHA), with MPs demanding answers on the efficiency of the system and benefits to Kenyans.
The system failure in most hospitals, subjecting Kenyans seeking treatment to suffering, were among the questions the ministry grappled with in parliament during the year under review.
For the Ministry of Education, disbursement of capitation funds to schools and the loss of billions of taxpayers’ money to ghost schools formed the bulk of the questions it faced in parliament this year.
During the year under review, a total of 691 statements were made in the House. They include statements by the majority leader (23), various statements by MPs (380), statements by chairpersons of committees (14), one personal statement, General Statements (19), tributes by members (six), and responses to statements (148)
At the end of the session, 211 of the 591 statements were concluded by the House.
They include 148, which were responded to, while 63 did not require any response.
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