Erick Okong'o Mogeni

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1921 to 1930 of 2488.

• 11 Nov 2020 in Senate: We were also able to look at the case of the USA, where the Senators enjoy direct mandate from the people through elections. The legislative mandate is shared between the House of Representatives and the Senate. view
• 11 Nov 2020 in Senate: It was of interest to the Committee that in all these jurisdictions, because Senators campaign in wider regions, they receive compensation by a serving office for a longer period of time than their colleagues in the House of Representatives. view
• 11 Nov 2020 in Senate: In the USA, the Congressmen in the House of Representatives are elected for a term of two years, but the Senators who are elected through the wider state enjoy a term limit of six years. view
• 11 Nov 2020 in Senate: When we looked at Australia, those elected to the House of Representatives serve for a period of four years, but Senators--- view
• 11 Nov 2020 in Senate: Senators who campaign in the entire state serve for a period of six years. We can see that there is a distinction in terms of the period that people who are elected from wider constituencies and serve in the Senate, serve for a longer period that those in the House of Representatives. view
• 11 Nov 2020 in Senate: On Article 96 of the Constitution, we also made note that there is now a paradigm shift in the way the Executive is organized. We noted that the BBI Report proposes that Members of the Cabinet will now be domiciled in the National Assembly. To draw a clear distinction on the roles played by the National Assembly and the Executive, and now that the Executive will be domiciled in the National Assembly, the Committee proposes that Article 96 be amended to give the vetting powers of various appointees to constitutional offices to the Senate. view
• 11 Nov 2020 in Senate: We made a very important note that those who will be nominated to serve as Cabinet Ministers, and are not elected Members of the National Assembly, should be vetted by the Senate. view
• 11 Nov 2020 in Senate: We also noted that there is an attempt to amend Articles 154 and 155 to remove vetting of Principal Secretaries and several other appointees of the Executive. It is the proposal of the Committee that vetting powers should be restored in the Constitution and this mandate be exercised by the Senate, because the Executive will not be domiciled in the Senate. view
• 11 Nov 2020 in Senate: Again, the Committee has borrowed heavily from what prevails in other jurisdictions. We picked the US where the Senate vets presidential appointees to the offices of Supreme Court, District Judges, Appellate Circuit Judges and all Senior appointees of the Government including ambassadors. view
• 11 Nov 2020 in Senate: We are making a very strong case that to enhance accountability and responsiveness from the Government, the Senate should get full mandate to vet and approve all constitutional office holders. view