Aden Bare Duale

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 15241 to 15250 of 17799.

• 13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is in line with the HBC meeting last night. Because we have over 15 Bills; both public and private, and we have only 14 days, or about 80 sitting hours of the House remaining before this year’s session ends, we agreed to fast-track and maybe dispose of the Bills. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, of course the Media Council Bill is a very important constitutional Bill. It has a constitutional timeline, under the Sixth Schedule. Last time we extended time by three months; we have realized that we should give it priority this morning; because ... view
• 13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I do not have much to say, but just to support this Procedural Motion. Indeed, the Media Council Bill is very important, given the facts brought to us by the Leader of Majority Party in terms of the timelines. The fact that we might not have much time to do a lot of the other very important Bills, including the wildlife Bill, which I believe must be done with within the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the ... view
• 13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: coming eight sittings, it is important to consider it. I really want to support this Procedural Motion, so that we are able to discuss this very important Bill and pass it. Thank you. view
• 13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I will take a middle ground. Even if we bring it on Tuesday next week, I am sure some Members will not even read the Report. The report is not 50 pages, and you know you should not mislead the House. If you read the Report, the amendments are less than 20. I will suggest we put it on Tuesday; tomorrow we do the debate, then Tuesday we do the committee; or, on Tuesday we do the debate plus the Committee of the whole House. I hope the weekend will be utilized very well and the Report ... view
• 13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Procedural Motion:- THAT, notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order 127(4), this House resolves to reduce the referral period of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 32 of 2013) to the relevant Departmental Committee from 20 to 14 days. view
• 13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, Miscellaneous Amendments Bill is huge and it touches on a number of sectors. But more fundamentally, what makes us pass this Bill before we go on recess is that one of the amendments in that Bill touches on the vetting of judges and magistrates which is coming to an end. We still have about 300 magistrates to vet. Hon. Deputy Speaker, what we are reducing is only the period that the relevant Committee can have this Bill from 20 days, as is stipulated in the Standing Order, to 14 days. So, we are reducing the period by ... view
• 13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the Media Council Bill (National Assembly Bill No.20 of 2013) be read a Second Time. I want to make very important general statements. The Media Council Bill, 2013 is in this House based on Article 34(5) of the Constitution; that this House has the role to legislate after the enactment of the new Constitution. Secondly, my role as the Mover of this Bill is to highlight the salient features of this Bill as it is today. At the Second Reading, Members will contribute on ... view
• 13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: amendments from both the Committee and individual Members of Parliament and they will be brought to the House. From where I stand today, I want to give all the salient features of this Bill for Members to follow, then bring the relevant amendments to make sure that we create a Bill for posterity. Thirdly, the media in our country is a very important investment sector. It informs and watches the other arms of Government, namely Parliament, the Judiciary and the Executive on behalf of the 40 million Kenyans. If I may start on the Media Council Bill 2013, the principal ... view
• 13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: So, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Constitution does not bar the creation of two bodies; I am sure people will raise a query that a similar body has been created in the Kenya Information and Communications Bill that awaits presidential assent. Otherwise, if the President, in his humble opinion, refers back the Bill with a memoranda as per the Standing Orders, then this House will look at it because we want to create laws for posterity. view
• 13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the current Media Act that created the Media Council of Kenya was media industry initiated, as self regulation legislation, but does not have the public funding. However, I am sure in the subsequent statute, which was the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act of 2009, the element of public funding was provided to entirely give the Media Council of Kenya a self regulatory mechanism, of course with an oversight by the Government and that is where we are coming from. view