Senator Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Oct 2024 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I thank you and hereby do lay the statement on the Table of the Senate. view
• 3 Oct 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I beg to move that The Political Parties (Amendment) (No.2) Bill (Senate Bills No.26 of 2024) be now read a Second time. The Political Parties Amendment Bill, Bill No. 26, sorry, I had mentioned earlier that it is Bill No.2. It is the second one of quite several Political Parties Amendment Bill. There is one and two. However, in terms of its sequencing in the Senate, it is Bill No.26 of 2024. This Bill was published in the Kenya Gazette Supplement No. 96 of 2024, dated 7th of May, 2024. The principal object of this ... view
• 3 Oct 2024 in Senate: Despite this, the stakeholders that appeared before us in the NADCO process spoke to us and felt that this office has not been granted the stature of the importance of the work that it does. Therefore, they felt that there was a need to re-modify this office from being just an office created under the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to an independent entity that has independent commissioners who, by statute, are appointed into office through a competitive political process and end up serving the interest of all political parties equally. You know one of the biggest struggles that ... view
• 3 Oct 2024 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, when you do legislation, Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) is one such example, part of the hurdles that we continue to face is that people imagine that once you replace, then they lose their job and you create them for others. We have provided this in the transition clauses. I will say something later about a conversation and further proposals that I have since received, including from the present Registrar on how this institution can be made better. This is something for engagement at the Committee of the Whole stage and once we have listened and been ... view
• 3 Oct 2024 in Senate: “The Inspector -General (IG) of Police shall exercise independent command of the National Police Service (NPS).” view
• 3 Oct 2024 in Senate: However, I see many times Hon. Members, including even the so-called learned fellows, speak to the microphone demanding for answers from the Executive led by the President on actions by the IG of police in this or the other way. This concept of independence of office is still alien to our minds. Until we begin to accept and believe that it is possible to have independent offices that can rule even against government by saying that certain requests by the Executive are turned down because of certain reasons, that is when people will believe it is possible. Additionally, this Bill ... view
• 3 Oct 2024 in Senate: I do not know. Madam Temporary Speaker, additionally, the Bill states that that Commission shall be approved by the National Assembly. I have said times without number that for any laws that we pass in this House; when the committee gets to a clause that proposes such, it is good of them to recognize that we have an institution called Parliament that has two Houses. It is for them to amend accordingly. I expect that later on that the Standing Committee on Justice Legal Affairs and Human Rights (JLAHR) will do justice as they lead us towards amending. This is ... view
• 3 Oct 2024 in Senate: There are jurisdictions that have gone this way establishing an independent Register of Political Parties and have challenges that arose. I have also listened to the present Registrar and I know there is a memorandum that they have sent to this House. We need to listen to them as the users of this law. They have prepared some good proposals on how this can be made better. I have noted and stated, that this was a bipartisan Bill and therefore, even in seeking amendments, the same has to be considered. However, this is good progress. I hope we can conclude ... view
• 2 Oct 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the Senate, today, Wednesday, 2nd October, 2024. view
• 2 Oct 2024 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view