1 Apr 2025 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, the warthog actually. Thank you, Sen. Faki, for reminding me. Ngiri. Yes, we should not be very quick to forget. Many times, after that crisis is done, we revert back to our old ways. Madam Temporary Speaker, remember the mood the country was in just before the formation of the National Dialogue Committee (NADCO) and how we were able to progress. I am grateful because there are many laws today being processed through the
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legislative system, including the Independent Electoral Boundaries Commission (IEBC) (Amendment) law, with a view to rectifying many of the issues that were brought to us by Kenyans. There is even the Constitution (Amendment) Bill. This afternoon, we passed a Motion on the consideration of the two-thirds gender rule principle, which is one of the products. It is only that I am still struggling with how the Constitution (Amendment) Bill will fit into the architecture of a bicameral parliament given the fact that the National Assembly did their report, and the Senate Standing Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights ...
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1 Apr 2025 in Senate:
of Parliament. It is unfortunate if we continue with the trend of speaking at the spur of the moment and moving away immediately after. I am glad that we are having a conversation about this Bill because the organ of it is how to give life to statutory instruments that have been produced by this House. The legislature is an equal arm in the theology of the existence of Government as prescribed by our Constitution. We have the Executive, the Legislature and the Judiciary. Many times, I see decisions by the legislature being challenged so casually. I have said times ...
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supposed to gazette these regulations, but we leave it hanging. Therefore, people do not care. They say, what will happen, anyway? If, indeed, you took them before a court of law, there would be no sanctions against them, because the law is silent on that issue. The best the judge can do is to ask that person to be prudent. In fact, reading this Bill, much as it was a negotiated document, I am not satisfied with the sanctions that are now being imposed on public officers who do not follow the prescription of the time period within which you ...
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1 Apr 2025 in Senate:
Therefore, the institution of Parliament needs to be respected. There are decisions that must take a certain level of caution before they are varied by any person including officers in the Executive. That is why we sanction those who do not pass regulations and even those whose sit on benches in the courts of law.
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1 Apr 2025 in Senate:
Secondly is to provide where enabling legislation does not provide timelines within which a statutory instrument is to be made. The regulatory making authority will be required to make the statutory instrument within 12 months from the date of commencement of the enabling legislation.
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1 Apr 2025 in Senate:
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