All parliamentary appearances
Entries 5871 to 5880 of 17810.
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7 Aug 2018 in National Assembly:
This Bill proposes to amend the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) Act No.25 of 2012 to provide for an alternative to the death penalty following a court martial’s judgement. In the same section, it also seeks to harmonise the provision of the Act which relates to the oath of allegiance, which will be taken by a person who joins the KDF. Finally, it also seeks to amend Section 304(1) to empower the KDF Council to make regulations with regard to the establishment of the Pension Assessment Board. When the KDF Council forwarded the regulations to the House, it was advised by ...
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7 Aug 2018 in National Assembly:
The Bill proposes to amend the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) Act, 2012, to remove the corporate powers of the Authority. The Authority will not have powers such as owning property, suing and being sued in its name. The Bill proposes to amend the University Act, 2012, to change the manner of the appointment of chancellors and vice-chancellors of public universities. The vice-chancellors will be recruited by the Public Service Commission (PSC) as opposed to the university council. This is because of what went wrong when the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nairobi was being recruited. It took long ...
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7 Aug 2018 in National Assembly:
Finally, the Bill proposes to amend the Retirement Benefits (Deputy President and Designated State Officers) Act, 2015. The designated State officers shall be entitled to an office and office equipment. This is in reference to the current position of the Deputy Chief Justice, which was left out in the previous amendments. So, we are adding the Deputy Chief Justice. Those State officers shall be entitled to an office and office equipment.
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7 Aug 2018 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. There are about 67 Acts where minor amendments are being done. I am sure that all respective committees conducted public participation, consolidated their reports and submitted them to the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs.
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7 Aug 2018 in National Assembly:
This Bill proposes to amend the Nairobi Centre for National Arbitration Act, 2013 to streamline the membership of its board of directors. It clarifies the role of the registrar and his term of office. It also deals with the matter of the conduct of the arbitral court. It also amends Section 25, which deals with the powers of the board to make rules and to give more scope to how they exercise their powers. The Bill seeks to amend the Wildlife Conservation and Management Act to provide for the protection of wildlife and wildlife trophies. It also provides for the ...
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7 Aug 2018 in National Assembly:
The Bill proposes to amend the Bribery Act to make minor clarifications and corrections. The Bill proposes to amend the National Drought Management Authority Act, 2016, to provide for the appointment of the chairperson by the President and to remove those requirements of approval by Parliament. Of course, I have never seen that. The chairperson of the National Drought Management Authority is always appointed.
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7 Aug 2018 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, request Hon. Kimunya to allow the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs to prepare to second the Bill. I know that he is from the United States of America (USA). So, he seems to be asking what happened while he was away. There are many things that have happened. You need a full day to be told. While you were away, Dr. Chumo’s name was rejected as the nominee for the position of chairperson of the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC). While you were away, many other names were approved to various ...
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7 Aug 2018 in National Assembly:
Finally, the Bill proposes to amend the Retirement Benefits (Deputy President and Designated State Officers) Act, 2015. The designated State officers shall be entitled to an office and office equipment. This is in reference to the current position of the Deputy Chief Justice, which was left out in the previous amendments. So, we are adding the Deputy Chief Justice. Those State officers shall be entitled to an office and office equipment.
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7 Aug 2018 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. There are about 67 Acts where minor amendments are being done. I am sure that all respective committees conducted public participation, consolidated their reports and submitted them to the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs.
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7 Aug 2018 in National Assembly:
There are 67 Acts which are being dealt with. I am sure that all the committees submitted their reports to the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs who consolidated, checked and tabled them. I am sure that he will give us the views of the public.
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