Thika Town in Kiambu County may be Kenya's sixth City if Senators adopt a recommendation by Kiambu County Assembly that the municipality be elevated to city status.
Speaking on Wednesday, July 16, the Speaker of the Senate, Amason Kingi, informed the House that he had received communication from the county assembly that they had approved the elevation.
The Speaker then tasked the Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations Committee, chaired by Wajir Senator Mohamed Abass, to expedite consideration of the report marking the formal commencement of the conferment process at the Senate.
In June, the Kiambu County Assembly approved the elevation of Thika Town to a city, taking into consideration the recommendation of the Assembly's sectoral committee on Planning and Urbanisation in its report, which now stands before the Senate.
