Eng. Ephraim Mwangi Maina

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• 6 Apr 2022 in Senate: protocols. Consequently, because of COVID-19 and the temperament in the country regarding elections, it would be better we carry on with business in a hybrid sitting. view
• 23 Feb 2022 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I second. view
• 17 Feb 2022 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I beg to move that the Elections (Amendment) (No.3) Bill (Senate Bills No. 48 of 2021) be now read a Second Time. This Bill has taken much of the life of this House. I moved this Bill because I considered it important for the adequacy of elections and democracy in this country. The Bill simply seeks to allow members to use what I have referred to in the Bill as popular name. People carry all kinds of names in this country. Wananchi give you names and they know and refer to you as such. Then ... view
• 17 Feb 2022 in Senate: You would rather use the name that mwananchi knows. For example, people in my area call me, “Kirinyaga.” I felt that I was being disadvantaged and I lost some votes by using the name on my ID, “Ephraim Mwangi Maina.” I unfortunately had to use it. In the last election, I had to impose the name Kirinyaga on my ID. This Bill wishes to give members the freedom to use the names that they desire. In other countries such as the United States of America (USA), people use the names that they wish to use, provided they swear an affidavit ... view
• 17 Feb 2022 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 17 Feb 2022 in Senate: be presented to the electorate during party primaries or election ballot papers, in the way the candidate has chosen to familiarise himself or herself to the electorate. Currently, the law only permits the use of a candidate’s official name as it appears in the register of voters and the candidate’s identification documents. A candidate who wishes to have his or her popular name included on the ballot paper has to go through the lengthy process of officially changing his or her name. This is through the procedure set up under the Registration of Persons Act No.107, the Registration of Documents ... view
• 17 Feb 2022 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I thank everybody for the support on this Bill. As it has been expressed by Senators and the senior counsel who has just spoken, this Bill should have been passed yesterday. view
• 17 Feb 2022 in Senate: This is one of the Bills that were affected by the court order and here we are. I would have wanted us to have the Division today because reading the mood of the House, everybody is for this Bill to pass. However, it should be on record that it had been passed only when there has been a Division then it can be included at the time of voting. It must come out clearly that the Bill has been passed. I thank everybody for the kind and appreciative words they have given to me. This has given assurance to the ... view
• 17 Feb 2022 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 17 Feb 2022 in Senate: to senior counsel when he was talking and wondered how much money he could have given Kenyans if he had sealed the Kshs2 billion. He would have ended up with Kshs730 billion to share among Kenyans. Tell me how much money you would give to the poor. You would give everyone over Kshs100,000 and we would start a new nation within a year by sealing the loophole. An amount of Kshs2 billion daily is Kshs730 billion a year. This is half the total collections of this country because we collect Kshs1.7 trillion. Therefore, I support you senior counsel when he ... view