Judith Ramaita Pareno

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, let me proceed to make my comments on Clause 7 of the Bill which proposes to amend Article 82 of the Constitution on Legislation on Elections. This is in order to mandate Parliament to enact legislation imposing sanctions on a political party that fails to ensure that no more than two-thirds of the parties’ candidates are of the same gender. view
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: We have had a problem with the two-thirds gender rule that is provided for in the Constitution of Kenya 2010. This has come in handy and it is a plus that in this Clause, we are amending the Articles of the Constitution to ensure that political parties actually submit a list of candidates that comply with the two-thirds gender. I feel that we should have been bolder about this. This provision is like giving with this hand and taking away with the other hand. Why do I say so? I know like in the political party where I have been ... view
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: only for me to inquire and I was told that a purported court order had been served somewhere and it was not served on me. The court felt that I was in contempt. A procedure that will help the political parties handle this dispute is good to be enshrined in the amendment. view
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: We have another amendment where the IEBC is no longer going to handle disputes that arise from nominations of political parties. I always felt it was a conflict of interest and it is good that the IEBC concentrates on their mandate while another mechanism is brought on board for political parties to handle disputes that arise out of their nominations. The IEBC can handle disputes that arise out of the elections. This is a plus. That is the reason I am highlighting what I support in these amendments. Madam Deputy Speaker, Clause 9 is still the same. This is the ... view
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: There is an important provision in Clause 50, amending Article 203. This is so sensitive. New parameters have been introduced on how we will share revenue. However, as a pastoralist and as a person coming from those that have been marginalized for a long time, I am not happy with this provision and the way it has been crafted. I was asking myself why they crafted it in such a way. It would have been so easy for us to pass this Bill if those who drafted it did their work well. It was not properly done. Madam Deputy Speaker, ... view
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: This Bill seeks to water down these provisions that Kenyans had done in 2010. We should take into account all these parameters. I am particularly not happy with this kind of crafting. If you look at the provision on issues of Equalization Fund, why did we bring an Equalization Fund in our 2010 Constitution? This was because some of us were left behind while the rest of Kenya was developing. We came to realize that we are one country, one people, one destiny and we should equally share these resources. view
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: We should bring the rest that had been left behind to the same level of those that have developed. That is why the Equalization Fund was brought in. What happened to it that affects the ones that have been marginalized? It has never been implemented to date. If anything, I am happy a little that this Bill seeks to extend its timeframe for which it will operate. It has extended the Equalization Fund to 30 years, instead of the 20 years. view
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, nothing has happened in the last few years since enactment of the 2010 Constitution. The Equalization Fund has not brought us equal to view