15 Oct 2020 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, thank you for the guidance that you have given the House. With that in mind, I beg to move: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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15 Oct 2020 in National Assembly:
THAT, the Senate Amendments to the Independent Electoral & Boundaries Commission (Amendment) (No.3) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 35 of 2019) be now considered. I beg to move, and request my colleague, Hon. Otiende Amollo, the Vice Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, to second.
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15 Oct 2020 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. On a light touch, I want to thank the Member for Suba North for creating this form of therapy in the
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15 Oct 2020 in National Assembly:
dance. I want to ask her to make arrangements for the senior citizens to participate in their pace. I assure her that she will get many Members, including me.
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15 Oct 2020 in National Assembly:
The amendments may be short, but they have huge ramifications in our governance and society. The Vice-Chair of the Committee has given sound reasons why the amendments are necessary. I do not want to dwell on that, but the justification is there. If a vacancy arises in the IEBC as it is constituted today, we shall have a constitutional disorder. The amendment has come to cure that. We might have problems with the LSK, but we considered that with the Committee. We wanted the association of professional bodies in the country to provide a member, but because of The electronic ...
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15 Oct 2020 in National Assembly:
the problem of time, we left it to the LSK. It will not always be the LSK as we see it now. I want to note with a lot of respect that there may be cases of McNaughton Rules in leadership. That notwithstanding, we have to provide leadership. The Commission will have a composition of seven members, and so it will be one against six, and I do not think it can cause any harm. I want to thank Members for the support. This should be the route for the BBI and any other future amendments for the voice of ...
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15 Oct 2020 in National Assembly:
With those remarks, I beg to reply.
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15 Oct 2020 in National Assembly:
I beg to move the following Senate amendments:
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15 Oct 2020 in National Assembly:
THAT, Clause 2 of the Bill be amended—
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15 Oct 2020 in National Assembly:
(a) in paragraph (a) by deleting the word “eleven” appearing immediately after the words “therefor the words” and substituting therefor the word “seven”;
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