John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 6151 to 6160 of 7463.

• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: This is meant to ensure that if there is significant non-compliance with the written law relating to election, then the election should be declared void. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 86 of the Bill be deleted and substituted with the following new clause- “An election court shall award the costs of and incidental to a petition and such costs shall follow the cause. “ view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: The opinion of the Committee was that there are some Kenyans who go through election petitions and win. It is established that the mistake was with the electoral commission but they are denied the costs. So, the costs need to be paid. There were examples given. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:- THAT clause 108 of the Bill be amended by inserting the following new subclause after Subclause (2)- “(3) A person who is convicted of an offence under this Act shall not be eligible for election or nomination in an election under this Act for a period of ten years following the date of conviction”. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, we realized that people get involved in many election irregularities knowingly and cause a lot of harm to this country. Therefore, if you have been convicted of an offense, you should be barred from contesting for a period of not less than ten years following the date of conviction. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady. The Bill is very clear. It says a person who contravenes a provision in this Act. So, this is not another offence that is not in the Act. It is already provided for. It is the offences under the Act. If you are convicted as a result of committing an offence under the Act, then whatever we are proposing will apply. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 109 of the Bill be amended by inserting the following new subclause after Subclause (2)- “(3) A member of the Commission or any person designated by the Commission shall have the power to impound or to order the impounding of any state resources that are used in an election campaign”. We have been complaining about the misuse of State resources in campaigns. This is meant to make sure that we do not lament why the Election Commission cannot take action and yet, they have no way of taking action. We ... view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, there is no harm if the same law is repeated. It is superfluous. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:- THAT clause 111 of the Bill be further amended in paragraph (z) of Subclause (1) by inserting the words “with reasonable grounds” after the word “provide”. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: This is just to add with “with reasonable grounds” before the word “provide” so that the election can also only be postponed with reasonable grounds. view