Irungu Kang'ata

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to contribute on this debate. I will raise issues on the constituencies, errors appearing on this document before the Senate and the cost of this Bill once it goes through. view
• 29 Apr 2021 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
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: I will also discuss the issues of the so-called, one man, one shilling and one vote. I will also look at the effect of an expanded Parliament. I will finally discuss as to whether this House has any powers to amend this document. I start with the issue concerning the constituencies and I will look at it from a technical view and as a substantive issue. Let me start with the technical issue concerning that Schedule. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there are several Schedules in this Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill. The First Schedule on counties clearly indicates that it has ... view
• 29 Apr 2021 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
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: other one before the Senate. Those Bills are different. Clause 13 of the one before the Senate makes reference to Article 13(b) (ii). The one before the National Assembly makes reference to a proposed Article 13(b)(iii). The second difference between the two Bills is that, the marginal notes of Clause 48 in reference to Article 188, is different in the Bill before the National Assembly. The third difference between the two Bills is on the Second Schedule. The one before the Senate refers to Paragraph No.1 in Article 89(7). The one before National Assembly refers to Article 87(7) in its ... view
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me to raise the issue of the cost of BBI. There is a report that is part of the annexure of the documents that were presented before the joint JLAC. It was prepared by none other than the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO). It is dated 1st October, 2020; it indicates that once this BBI passes, Kenyans will be forced to pay an extra Kshs20 billion per year to shoulder the burden of BBI. For example, the National Assembly will have 453 Members while the Senate will have 94 Senators. This does not factor in nominated Members ... view
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• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: be conducted. Once we pass the BBI, the Kenyan taxpayer will incur extra Kshs20 billion annually. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I now go to the issue of one man, one shilling, one vote in the proposed amendment to Article 203 (a). I was a great proponent of that idea. However, when I looked at the proposed Article 203(n), it does not speak to what I was fighting for. I thought this proposal will embed the idea that county money should be shared by factoring the issue of population and giving it the right weight. However, this one is about per capita ... view
• 29 Apr 2021 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
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: Bill. We should ensure that we take a document that is constitutional and fair to every person. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the first major review of the Constitution in the country was done in the 1963 Constitution making process. There was Lancaster One and Two. Why can we not adopt the same method and have a constitutional conference like they did in 1963? In 1969, we did not have a consultative conference for constitutional review. That is why the worst Constitution that Kenya had was the one of 1969. It killed the Senate, abolished regional governments and concentrated powers on the ... view