Nairobi — The Senate was on Thursday morning forced to prematurely adjourn sitting after is failed to raise quorum to transact business.

Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu was set to appear before senators during the morning plenary session to answer to questions by lawmakers.

Senate Speaker Amason Kingi ordered the quorum bell to be rung for five minutes but even that did not yield results with only a few members showing up.

Senate Standing Orders require 15 Senators to be in the chamber or attend virtually for the House to proceed with its business.

"Honorable senators there being no quorum and having rung the bell pursuant to Standing Order 40 the Senate stands adjourned until today at 2:30PM," Kingi directed.

The Education Boss was expected to give answers on the purpose of the Grade VI Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) by providing a per-county breakdown of learners in both public and private schools that sat for the assessment in 2022.

Machogu was also required to give details on the criteria the Ministry applied in the placement of learners in Junior Secondary Schools and when will the learners in Grade VII transition to the existing secondary schools.

Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei requested information on when lifestyle audit was conducted last on senior officers at the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), including the Chief Executive Officer Nancy Macharia.

The Nandi Senator also queried on the amount of funds allocated as capitation to all public primary and secondary schools in the financial year 2022/2023 indicating the amount already disbursed.

The Senate was set to debated three motions including the declaration of cattle rustling as a national disaster and establishment of a special fund for victims, and integration of ethnic minorities and marginalized communities in Kenya.