Isaac Waihenya Ndirangu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the Senate Bill No. 12 of 2018 be now read a Second Time. This is the shortest Bill in this Session. view
• 2 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: Is it the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (Amendment) Bill? view
• 2 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: That is what I am moving, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 2 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bill No. 12 of 2018) be now read a Second Time. view
• 2 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: This is one of the shortest Bills in this Session of Parliament. It only requires us to amend two clauses. When Members of Parliament hear issues related to the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC), they normally split hairs. I want to assure Members that this Bill only deals with the timelines within which the names of the nominees to the SRC should be tendered to the Cabinet Secretary (CS). Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the SRC (Amendment) Bill 2018 was published on 23rd April 2018 and passed by the Senate on 7th November 2018. The electronic version of the Official Hansard ... view
• 2 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you for prompting me, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I appreciate it. view
• 2 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: We involved the Senate in this Bill because Article 230 of the Constitution establishes the SRC. It is mandated to examine and regulate public and State officers both at the national and county levels. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the object of the Bill is to amend the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (Amendment) Act of 2011, by introducing a requirement that the relevant nominating body should consider applications, interview a candidate and forward the names to the Cabinet Secretary within 28 days. It also proposes to introduce the expiry of term of the office of commissioners at six years as set ... view
• 2 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: I want to remind Members that the SRC has its members nominated from various sectors including the Parliamentary Service Commission which nominates one person, the Judicial Service Commission, the Teachers Service Commission, the Defence Council, the National Police Service and one person nominated by the Senate on behalf of the 47 county governments. We also have a person nominated by the umbrella body of trade unions and another one nominated by bodies representing employers in the country. Another one is nominated by the joint forum of professional bodies as provided for by legislation. view
• 2 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: In processing the Bill, the Committee invited memoranda and comments from members of the public as stipulated in Article 118 of the Constitution and from stakeholders. This was done through advertisement in the print media. Only one organisation, the SRC came up with a memorandum. We sat down with them and they gave us their contributions which we took into account when drafting this Report. We agreed with their presentations that it should take 28 days for the CS to receive names of nominees. view
• 2 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: Let me explain the two clauses to Members in an analysis. Clause 2 speaks to amending Section 7 of the Act. The Section relates to nomination of persons for appointment as SRC commissioners. It introduces a requirement that a relevant nominating body should consider application, interview candidates and forward the names to the CS within 28 days. view