Kiplagat Jackson Mandago

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 May 2024 in Senate: "The National Assembly shall, within fourteen days of the tabling of the revised preliminary report, consider the report and forward its recommendations to the Commission." view
• 29 May 2024 in Senate: We know how Parliament operates, that period is too short to allow for conversations along the report that has been submitted. The issue of delimitation of boundaries is a very emotive issue that accompanies the sharing of resources. It is an issue that determines how a regional area will be administered. There is need to provide sufficient time for Parliament to have a conversation so that the report can be adopted. Otherwise, there could be a situation where the tabling, adoption and debating of the report is not prioritized and seven days lapses then the electoral body’s decisions and recommendations ... view
• 29 May 2024 in Senate: I have looked at the Fifth Schedule at Section 7(3) – view
• 29 May 2024 in Senate: “Representations to the Commission may be made orally or in writing.” view
• 29 May 2024 in Senate: This talks about public hearings and in these public hearings, the electoral body would be required to organize public hearings in counties and sub-counties for members of the public to make their submissions. Madam Temporary Speaker, Section 3 of that says that representation to the Commission may be made orally or in writing. I propose that even where submissions have been made in writing, the electoral body must read out that memorandum during that public hearing so that all the concerned stakeholders in that county, sub-county or constituency will know what has been submitted by the various stakeholders. There has ... view
• 29 May 2024 in Senate: “The Commission shall prepare and publish maps on its website.” view
• 29 May 2024 in Senate: Publishing maps on the website is good because it is cost effective and is easily accessible to those with capacity in terms of technology and access to internet. However, this limits the rest of the public who are not accessible to internet, and we all know that not all parts of this country have access to internet. We would like to thank the national Government because there is a robust programme to roll out a digital super highway in this country. However, because of redundancy measures and sometimes, technology can fail us, it will be necessary for the electoral body ... view
• 29 May 2024 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, this will give the public the opportunity to scrutinize those maps because boundaries have always contributed to wrangles and disagreements; and sometimes, they even cause fights. As a country and a continent, we know what the colonial boundaries have done to us. Today, we have a problem between communities that were divided between two nationalities. We have the Maasai people of Kenya and the Maasai of Tanzania. We also have the Teso people of Uganda and the Teso people of Kenya. We have the Pokot of Kenya and the Pokot of Uganda. Sometimes, we have seen how ... view
• 29 May 2024 in Senate: has created many security concerns and issues which end up leaving us with devastating relations between counties and communities. Therefore, when these maps are availed to communities, there is opportunity to review and agree in a manner that is going to foster intercommunity relations within that jurisdiction. This will create acceptance and make the work of the Commission easy even as they conclude their report. Madam Temporary Speaker, the other provision for access is that it will be available in Parliament. Parliament is a restricted area, and it is extremely difficult for citizens to access it. Even in our offices ... view
• 29 May 2024 in Senate: Asante, Bw. Spika. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I agree with what Sen. Oketch Gicheru has said. As Members of the mediation team, it is not that we, as Senators, would not want to have as much resources going to the counties, but we must be reasonable to the performance of the economy and the current state. Let me also say to the Speaker that because of the current situation where we have governors in particular counties who have refused to even honour summons to the Senate. For instance, the governor of Isiolo County. There is no single mortuary in the entire ... view