6 Jul 2016 in National Assembly:
There are two foreign visit reports. One is the Report on the Committee’s visit to Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom. Second is the Report on the Committee’s visit to Australia and Newzealand. Those Reports have been adopted by the Committee and are waiting tabling forthwith any time from now. Other reports include the Report on Inter-community Cohesion Forums in the Counties of Turkana, Baringo, West Pokot and Samburu County. There is also a Report on the retreat by the Committee together with stakeholders on the review of the National Cohesion and Integration Act. Those Reports have been adopted and ...
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6 Jul 2016 in National Assembly:
There is no Motion pending before the Committee. Legislative proposals initiated by the Committee in addition to the Penal Code (Amendment) Bill are awaiting Second Reading in this House. There was a proposal on the Equality Bill that is under stakeholders review as well as a thorough review of the Disability Bill that is also under the stakeholder review process. There is also a proposal to amend the National Cohesion and Integration Act by NCIC. The Committee has gone through a consultative workshops and meetings with the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC), Director of Criminal Investigation (DCI) and the ...
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6 Jul 2016 in National Assembly:
Other businesses before the Committee include:-
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6 Jul 2016 in National Assembly:
The Committee held a stakeholders workshop on the Equalisation Fund with the National Treasury, the Office of the Attorney-General, the NCIC, the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA), Controller of Budget and the State Department of Planning and Statistics. The resolutions of that workshop are part of what has been considered by the Budget and Appropriations Committee while disbursing the Equalisation Fund this year in terms of projects.
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6 Jul 2016 in National Assembly:
Secondly, the Committee is currently engaged in interrogations and consultations on how best to deal with the matter of hate speech and incitements as recently exhibited across the country, with a view to finding a permanent solution. The Committee is set to hold meetings with the DCI and the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). We will soon be inviting Members of Parliament, governors, political leadership of the political parties in this country, the DCI and all the other relevant stakeholders, including the inter-religious council, National Council of Churches in Kenya (NCCK), Supreme Council of Kenyan Muslims (SUPKEM) and civil society ...
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6 Jul 2016 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker.
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23 Jun 2016 in National Assembly:
On a point of order, Hon. Speaker.
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23 Jun 2016 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I can see Members affirming the fact that I am young and by virtue of that, I should always be digital and have my card. I just left it in the car. I want to pick up from where Hon. Millie Odhiambo has left off, and what you have just mentioned. In the last three Parliaments, similar Motions have been passed. The Joint Committee on National Cohesion and Equal Opportunity went further to bring in a substantive amendment to the Penal Code on those crimes that we are talking about, to make them capital offences. The ...
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23 Jun 2016 in National Assembly:
I wanted to give information.
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23 Jun 2016 in National Assembly:
I wanted to catch your eye, Hon. Speaker.
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