Members of the National Assembly approved a bill that seeks to grant them total immunity from being prosecuted.
The bill guarantees that the legislatures would not, at any point in their lives, be sued for anything they did “in good faith” while in office.
The second reading of the bill took place on Thursday, sailing through with major support from the lawmakers.
The Kenyan constitution gives such immunity to members of the judiciary.
It states that they cannot be prosecuted for omissions or commissions done in good faith while discharging their judicial functions.
The legislatures insisted that it is necessary for them to have the same protection so they could work without fear.
Among those in support were the Chairman of the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee and Ainabkoi MP Samwel Chepkonga as well as the Chairman of the Committee on Implementation of House resolutions and Narok MP-Soipan Tuya.
The MPs said the bill is a welcome addition to the legal ammunition that MPs require to do their work freely.
The bill was sponsored by Homa Bay Town MP Peter Kaluma.
It is, however, yet to be ascended into law as it awaits the third reading and afterwards, to the Senate.
