Jeremiah Ngayu Kioni

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: I want to thank the Committee for considering the Bill. I also want to thank the Senate for coming up with the Bill. We will support the amendments that they will bring during the Committee of the whole House or the second phase of this Bill. I also want to thank the speakership for the guidance they have continued to give us, as Members and Chairs of various Committees, in enacting and processing Bills before the House. I second the Bill. view
• 16 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Let me just say that one of the major gains that we had from our new Constitution was the issue of inclusivity. Inclusivity includes getting nearer the people as much as it is possible. When we now start going back to the county, we are headed back to the old provincial administration way where we had provinces. The Executive is slowly taking back the gains of this Constitution. This is an issue The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the ... view
• 16 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: that must be rejected by this House. We have the responsibility of overseeing the implementation of the Constitution and this is one of the things that the Executive is doing that is eating into the gains of this Constitution. You cannot get people back to the region where we have left. It is denying people the services that we want them to get. view
• 15 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg that the Representation of Special Interest Groups Laws (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.52 of 2019) be now read a second Time. Hon. Speaker, as I move the Second Reading of the Bill, allow me to recognise the very active participation of the Members of the Committee, Hon. Fred Kapondi, Hon. Wafula Wamunyinyi, Hon. Ayub Savula, Hon. Raphael Wanjala, Hon. Charles Gimose, Hon. Peris Tobiko, Hon. Sara Korere, Hon. Abdi Shurie, Hon. Fabian Muli, Hon. Geoffrey King’ang’i, Hon. Gideon Koske, Hon. Mucheke, Hon. Jane Njiru, Hon. Japheth Mutai, Hon. Samuel King’ara, Hon. Daniel Rono, Hon. Anthony ... view
• 15 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: to have a stand-alone Bill, it may not be feasible and, perhaps, there might not be need to have a stand-alone Bill. It is for that reason that we set out to amend quite a number of Acts of Parliament, so that we are able to achieve what is intended to be achieved by Article 100. It is important to recognise that the 11th Parliament had developed a Bill by amending various Acts, including the Political Parties Act and the Elections Act, all of which were trying to encourage political parties to make it possible for special interest groups to ... view
• 15 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: (b) twenty per cent of the Fund should be shared among parties not getting from the 53 per cent. In other words, the 20 per cent will go to parties other than those which will have benefited from the 53 per cent; (c) Another 20 per cent will be shared according to the number of candidates elected from the special interest groups; (d) five per cent will be used for administration expenses; and, (e) two per cent will be availed to political parties’ liaison committee which also has a role in ensuring that special interest groups are properly represented in ... view
• 15 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: The Bill also lays down the criteria for qualification. It provides that for a political party to be entitled to these funds, it should have, at least, five elected Members of Parliament, one elected governor and 12 elected MCAs. That is a lower threshold than it is the case now in the Political Parties Act. Further, the Bill seeks to amend Section 26 to specify the items to which the money allocated to political parties for the promotion of special interest groups should be used for. It specified how political parties apply money that is intended for special interest groups. ... view
• 15 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: The Bill further wants to amend Section 40 of the Elections Act to oblige the IEBC that while providing voter education, it should also ensure participation of special interest groups in programs and sensitise voters on inclusion of the special interest groups. Among other things, it is also to amend the electoral code of conduct to require that political parties ensure security for persons falling within the definition of Article 100 because that was also identified as a problem. The other Act that is being amended by the Bill is the National Gender and Equality Commission (NGEC) Act. Section 2 ... view
• 9 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Motion. At the outset, I want to recognise that we are able to discuss this Motion because the Government has been faithful, at least, on this issue, to the requirements of the Constitution. These are the gains that we gave ourselves in the 2010 Constitution. Before, the Executive would just have gone ahead and grabbed the land in whichever way that they deemed necessary and then give it to the people who, perhaps, sang to their tune. However, with the provisions in the new Constitution, ... view
• 9 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the last thing I would want to do is to argue with you. view