Jeremiah Ngayu Kioni

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1231 to 1240 of 1730.

• 31 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 16 of the Bill be amended in paragraph (b) by inserting the words “through the Treasury” after the words “given to the Commission”. view
• 31 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, this is the provision that deals with grants, gifts, donations and other endowments given to the Commission. The reason is that if we are not careful, we may end up with commissions that are well funded by donors as opposed to our own Government. For that reason, loyalty would easily shift from us to those who are giving the money. view
• 31 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, the proposal that I had made to amend Clause 29 is the same one that was made by the Minister and so, I wish to withdraw. view
• 31 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, I think the Chairman of the Committee on Implementation of the Constitution should have been fair to read out the intended amendment because what it provides for is that a person who immediately before the commencement of this Act was an officer of the former Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) and the word used is “shall”, subject to the provision of the Constitution and any other written law be an officer of the Commission. So, in essence, what we are doing is that we are transferring every Tom, Dick and Harry to this new Commission. We are ... view
• 31 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, as we look at this issue on the composition of this panel, it is important that we remain awake to the difficulties that we had in 2007 and before and how we got there. One of the accusations that were leveled was that nominations were done by an interested party. What we have in the proposed amendment by the Committee, by and large entrenches the same argument that we have been trying to run away from. We appreciate the desire to ensure that there is no stalemate when we talk about consultations, concurrence and all that we ... view
• 31 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, I am entitled to speak on this amendment and I think Mrs. Odhiambo-Mabona needs to be a little bit patient. I was moving an amendment on the amendment. When we come to my amendment, we will stick to it but whether I will continue with it after having dealt with this one will be decided in the next phase. I was proposing an amendment to the amendment which you wanted me to go over again. If you are still of the same view, I would want to do the same. view
• 31 May 2011 in National Assembly: It is in writing and here it is. view
• 31 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, that amounts to my signature but I ask that you allow me to use the same. Mr. Sialai can confirm that that is how I sign. It would be difficult for you to deal with it in any other way. view
• 31 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- view
• 31 May 2011 in National Assembly: THAT, paragraph 1 of the First Schedule be further amended by deleting the word after the words “commencement of this Act” and substituting thereof with the words “Judicial Service Commission shall select a selection panel comprising of eight persons and a chairperson”. view