Dr. Joyce Cherono Laboso

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2731 to 2740 of 3818.

• 13 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: On the claims by Ms. Karua, the audit has found no merit in them. She had claimed that penalties passed by this House were altered in the published Act. It is difficult to establish the basis of that claim because no reference was made by the hon. Member either to the Clause of the Bill which this House amended, the amendment which the House passed and its Mover or to the purportedly altered section as now it appears in the published Act. Be that as it may, the audit of documents suggests that Ms. Karua may have been referring to ... view
• 13 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Hon. Members at the Bar may walk in. view
• 13 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: That Section provides, in Subsection 3, that 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 five years, following the date of the conviction. The HANSARD shows that Ms. Karua spoke in support of an earlier amendment by Mr. Mbadi which sought to make the period of ineligibility to ten years. That amendment was, however, further amended and passed by this House on the Motion of the Minister for Lands, Mr. Orengo, reducing the period of ineligibility to five years. ... view
• 13 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Hon. Members, the Elections Act was one of the many statutes passed on the last day of the Constitutional deadline for enactment of certain legislations. There was extensive debate on it and numerous amendments were made to it, including amendments on the Floor in a form other than that for which notice had been given on the Order Paper. All the amendment to all the Acts needed to be harmonized and incorporated in the Draft Acts so as to have them presented to the President for assent before midnight on 27th August, 2011. The Chair is aware that work on ... view
• 13 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: The public officers of the Office of the Attorney-General and Parliament who process Draft Acts after passage must be reminded to always be on the alert to ensure that no such errors occur. But the Chair is always alive to the fact that those officers are only human and an error can occur. Perhaps, this House should also pose and reflect on whether such errors could have been avoided in this House, had all the other parties concerned not waited until the very last minute to transact a myriad of key legislations. That said, the Chair agrees with Ms. Karua ... view
• 13 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Hon. Members, the findings of this audit suggest that there may be more appropriate means of dealing with matters relating to this House and its records, than to sensationalize and, sometimes, make very serious claims on the Floor of the House. The matters in respect of which those claims were made could easily have been administratively verified in the first instance by recourse to the records and journals of this House. The proceedings of this House are available, as Members are aware, in both video and audio form in the custody of the Clerk. Good practice would demand that where ... view
• 13 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: In response to the concerns raised by the three hon. Members, I therefore, wish to pronounce and direct as follows:- view
• 13 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: The allegations made by Mr. Mungatana relating to the insertion of the word “not”, “Presidential” and “Deputy Presidential” to the Elections Act, have been found to be misleading. The allegations made by Ms. Karua relating to the alterations to penalties passed by the House have also been found to be misleading. On the basis of Mr. Mungatana’s claims, a typographical error has been noted in Section 34(9) of the Elections Act, arising from failure during the process of preparation of the Draft Act, to delete the word “not” which was deleted by the House. Considering all the circumstances, it has ... view
• 13 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: No.132 dated 12th October, 2011 by which the Attorney- General has moved with expedition to invoke the powers conferred upon him by Section 13 of the Revision of Laws Act and has issued a rectification order deleting the word “not” in Section 34(9) of the Elections Act. Considering the circumstances in which the Bills required to be enacted by Parliament before the first anniversary of the promulgation of the Constitution were passed, the Clerk of the National Assembly is directed to liaise with the Office of the Attorney-General and other appropriate offices and scrutinize all the relevant documentation and published ... view
• 13 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Hon. Members at the Bar, please walk in! view