Senator Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. We can carry out that debate elsewhere. They will distract me if they continue. I want to appreciate this opportunity to make my contribution on behalf of the people of Kericho on this very important Bill that has been brought before us and share what I consider to be my thoughts and reflections on what the feelings of the people that I represent in this House are on this proposed Bill. view
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I wish to delve into a debate that has prominently featured in this House from earlier on even before this Bill came into this House, on the interpretation of Article 257(10) with regard to the latitude we enjoy as Parliament on a popular initiative. I wish to be clear about this from the very onset that I belong to the school of thought that believes that Parliament does not have a ceremonial duty of being paper pushers with regard to any Bill that is presented before it; be it the regular Bills that are brought before us ... view
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I have listened to people attempt to even limit our mandate, very prominent lawyers and scholars argue that actually our duty as Parliament is only limited to as far as correcting typographical errors. I cannot be convinced that the people of Kenya can elect Senators to this House and Members of the National Assembly who are serious people, only for us to come and reduce them to be lexicographers. That their work is only to check spelling mistakes and errors and not interpret what they feel ought to be the right direction that the country needs to ... view
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: My reading of Article 1 of our Constitution on the three arms of the Government is that Kenyans have donated their sovereign power to Parliament, which is number one on that list. Since it was not possible for all the 47 million Kenyans to gather, the only arm of Government that comes closest to a gathering of the 47 million Kenyans is Parliament. Neither the Judiciary nor the Executive can claim to exercise that authority. I sit here on behalf of the 1.2 million residents of Kericho County that I represent. Any time they attempt to do anything that has ... view
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I cannot agree to the school of thought that is being advanced by a few of us that our duty in this exercise is purely ceremonial. I have taken time to listen to the proposers of this Bill and the kind of things they aim to achieve and they are good things. They are progressive proposals that are in this particular Bill. However, it will be an abdication of my responsibility as a leader if I tell my constituents that I read the Bill and even went further to read almost 200 pages of the Report that ... view
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, going on to my consideration of what I think ails this particular process and the technical issues that are bound therein, in 2017, the very good view
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: Chief Justice, Hon. David Maraga reminded the country that the product is as good as the process that was used to achieve it. What has been the process of attaining this particular Bill? view
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: I may be young, but not too young to remember that there have been previous attempts to amend our Constitution. I consciously remember the 2005 attempt and the 2010 attempt that successfully gave us the Constitution that we are now trying to amend and all the procedures. It was a gathering of all Kenyans. Everybody was allowed their democratic free will to speak as they wish. Where do I follow when I see what has been happening in this particular BBI process? view
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: There has been a clear attempt to stifle the voices and thoughts of those who do not agree with this process. It will be wrong on my part to support such a process that is flawed from the onset. If you do recall, a few of our colleagues here were Ministers in President Mwai Kibaki’s Cabinet in 2010. Perhaps having learned from the misadventure of 2005 and the very unfortunate events that happened in 2007, President Mwai Kibaki allowed his Ministers to choose which side of the Constitutional debate to belong. Madam Temporary Speaker, I can count as many as ... view