Senator Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, it pricks my conscience and it will be a very unfortunate event if we allowed such a process to pass. We are actually dancing on the graves of the very patriotic Kenyans who paid a heavy price for us to have the 2010 Constitution, if we allow it to pass. view
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: In the unfortunate event that this BBI process succeeds in amending our Constitution, it will be a case study across the world on how not to amend the Constitution. This is not how to do it. Something is absolutely wrong. That is why I stand and declare today that as much as I agree with so many of the proposals that have been shared, we must be able to point out what the errors are. Moving on to the technical issues that are tinkering with independent institutions, the first one being the IEBC, this debate has just ensued on this ... 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: If you think about the Judiciary, you all know because we are currently trying to recruit the Chief Justice. Look at the challenges that we have in our Judiciary. Kenyans are speaking and observing. We may not be able to say it loudly, but even look at the current composition of our JSC and the decisions they have given us. Is that how to build a Republic? Are we not setting up this country for failure? It will reach a time when Kenyans will say if in this country, you do not stand a chance if you come from a ... view
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I was referring to Clause 44 of this Bill with regard to the Office of the Judiciary Ombudsman. One of the duties of the Ombudsman is to recommend the actions that will be taken by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). Let us not reduce this to a technical thing that can be plucked out of the moon. What do you mean when you say somebody will recommend an action? It means that the hands of the JSC are tied. If you are told to sack a judge, you will sack him or her. There is nothing else ... 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: or the Legislature, the Judiciary and the Executive is actually one of the tenets that are so critical to the proper functioning of a State. If you grant one arm of Government the power to lord it over and determine the fate of the rest, they will completely wound the rest of the institutions just like has happened to Parliament. I do not wish to get to the challenges we, as a Parliament, have faced. One of the products of the 2010 Constitution is the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC). It is now proposed in this particular Bill, that instead ... view
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: She is right. She said he is supposed to be educated. She actually agrees with me. Madam Temporary Speaker, that is with regard to the SRC. This is the proper return to imperial presidency that Kenyans avoided. If as a President you can determine the salaries of teachers, doctors or parliamentarians by simply nominating seven of your cronies to the SRC. You can tell them: “I do not like these parliamentarians, pay them peanuts.” What will we do? What will be our point of recourse? Madam Temporary Speaker, I serve in a constitutional commission. You know that I represent you ... 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: Let me give another example. Are you aware that for the last five years, the only budgetary support the Kenya National Human Rights Commission (KNHRC) has received from Parliament is Exchequer to pay salaries, not a single shilling to do anything else or undertake any project? Honestly, if we want to strengthen these independent institutions, this is not the way to proceed. Finally, Madam Temporary Speaker, because I know my time is almost up, I want to talk on the diminished role of the Senate. This is where it gets interesting. I really would want to meet the Senators who ... view