MPs’ KICC Offices Closed Due To Rent Arrears

MPs’ KICC Offices Closed Due To Rent Arrears

Members of Parliament (MPs) found themselves at a crossroads on Monday when they discovered that their offices at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) were closed.

This was owing to the buildup of rent arrears that Parliament did not pay to the KICC management.

KICC is believed to have taken this dramatic measure after stating that the Public Service Commission (PSC) failed to pay rent for MPs’ offices at the facility.

Some MPs who arrived at the KICC main gate were denied access until the outstanding debt was cleared by Parliament.

MPs Locked Out Of KICC:

MPs locked out of KICC offices over rent arrears

Over 40 MPs caught up in the rent row

Parliamentary Service Commission working to restore access

PSC seeks more time to clear the Ksh 50M arrears #CitizenMondayReport @TrevorOmbija pic.twitter.com/KXDyGvaz1i

— Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) May 12, 2025

Ndindi Nyoro (Kiharu Constituency), Sam Atandi (Alego Usonga), who also chairs the Budget Committee, Babu Owino (Embakasi East), and John Methu, senator for Nyandarua, are among the affected MPs.

Parliamentarians with offices in the KICC building were also turned away and sent home, with their assigned parking spaces left vacant.

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Parliament has urged KICC to provide them more time to make payments without interfering with MPs’ capacity to carry out their jobs.

However, the appeal appears to have fallen on deaf ears, as KICC has requested that all MPs’ offices remain sealed until the debt is entirely paid.

Parliament informed KICC via the PSC that it has been restricting its budget and has already paid around Ksh.134 million.

It argued that the remaining Ksh.50 million debt should not warrant KICC locking MPs out of their offices.

MPs’ KICC Offices Closed Due To Rent Arrears