Cecilia Chelangat Ngetich

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: when you tell people to go and register and they are hungry and are out looking for water, it will look like the priorities are upside down. Secondly, as aspirants seek for votes, they are asking the voters to employ them. Probably, the voters understand that they are just registering in order to employ people who go and earn a lot of money and yet, they remain poor. The way we approach politics should also be issue-based and should be convincing enough to allow that willingness to go and register. We must not dish out goodies. I strongly oppose the ... view
• 1 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, issuance of identity cards is going hand in hand with voter registration. I thank the Executive for giving the Executive Order where the process should not demand for documentation such as birth, marriage or leaving certificates. Where the chief can prove that this is a resident of their area, they should simply recommend and allow the young people to get their identity cards. I also want to mention that identity cards are issued free of charge. Allow me to express my disappointment as I toured by county in an area called Kapkelei/Sigorian Location. I want those ... view
• 1 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Secondly, there is harassment. The residents may not know how to place their fingers for the machine to capture the marks. They should be friendly because there are young and old people who need to be served. As we talk about new identity cards, we have so many uncollected identity cards. Do people really know why they need to possess an identity card and why they need to vote? Why would one apply for an identity card and leave it there uncollected. You can imagine now chiefs are going round saying: “Please, collect you identity cards.” It is just perturbing ... view
• 1 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to be the first to speak to the National Coroners Service Bill. I support this Bill understanding the fact that the Coroners Service is important. I had to look at what this coroner does. He is an official who will hold inquest into violent, sudden or suspicious deaths. Any death that may appear unnatural would be the work of the coroner to inquire and investigate. There are many deaths that occur that are unnatural. Some of them are due to violence. We had the Post-Election Violence (PEV) where several ... view
• 1 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: This investigative service is usually done by the police but we are aware that they have general duties and heavy responsibilities, hence lacking capacity and specialised training to carry out investigations. While these coroners are not necessarily medical officers, they will have investigative skills. Where they will require further investigations, they call in the services of a pathologist or a medical officer to prove their case. Since they will have the power to even order exhumation of bodies, I believe even those who would have been killed and buried secretly can finalise investigations by exhuming the bodies and allowing detailed ... view
• 1 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Yes, I am willing to be informed. view
• 1 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you. That is good information. I just want to emphasise more on my point about public awareness of not tampering with a crime scene until the coroner takes evidence. When there is lack of evidence it is difficult to carry out any investigations. I support this so that there is justice. I will mention a case which I do not know if it fits into this kind of a situation. We have seen deaths occurring in police custody or where a police officer kills an innocent citizen. But, investigations are usually very difficult because the officers are supposed to ... view
• 1 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: in this case the boy did not die, they would have handled it. I am just mentioning this as an example of cases where police officers may be involved and, therefore, it may be very difficult to get down to the bottom of the matter in such situations. Otherwise being a State corporation, of course we have terms of service for the coroners. Therefore, there will be justice for all and it will not depend on who is being served. I want to believe that they will uphold Chapter 6 on high integrity and also be honest in their work ... view
• 1 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for allowing me to conclude my remarks on this Bill, which I support because it is something which has been established in many countries. Kenya is one of those affected by mysterious deaths which this Service will be investigating. Under the devolved system there will be a coroner in each county and a Coroner-General to serve at the national level which I concur with and support. On the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, I was happy with the sentiments of the Leader of the Majority Party that they are going to withdraw the offensive ... view
• 26 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for this chance to also contribute on the Privatisation (Amendment) Bill. Just like my colleagues have said, I do not want to repeat much. I want to concur and support this Bill with some reservations on some clauses that I would like to be amended during the Third Reading before the Bill is finally passed into law. I partly support Clause 5(1)(d). It is talking about approval by the relevant Committee of Parliament. That is substituting with the words “competitive process”. We should have a standard procedure of appointing commissioners. Most of the commissioners ... view