Ledama Olekina

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• 23 Mar 2022 in Senate: They can continue enjoying the name of their political party and hold offices. It is not a must for them to have any candidates in this era of coalitions. So, they do not need to be held responsible in terms of keeping records. Keeping of records in any company requires a treasurer, secretary and a management committee. In the proposed amendments, these three individuals will work hand in hand to ensure the affairs of a political party or the candidates are set in a way that will encourage accountability in this country. view
• 23 Mar 2022 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, with those few remarks, I beg to move and request the Senate Majority Leader to second. view
• 23 Mar 2022 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Let begin by thanking my two honourable colleagues; Senator for Mombasa Sen. Faki for supporting this amendments and Sen. Khaniri for demystifying what these amendments are for. I thank them so much because what we seek to do is come up with legislation for posterity. He got it well and I want to sum it up. It is quite clear and there is only one thing I did not mention when I was moving the amendments. One of the other objectives is to remove the requirement for independent candidates. Political parties and referendum committee to ... view
• 23 Mar 2022 in Senate: I am grateful for the comments made by Sen. Khaniri. I would like to clarify on the requirements of a political party that does not have any candidates in the election. What I meant is that a political party that does not intend to have candidates for a particular general election need not make reports under this Section. There are those reports which are required by this amendment to be submitted on a quarterly basis. Section 27(a) of the proposed amendment says- view
• 23 Mar 2022 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
• 23 Mar 2022 in Senate: “The treasurer of a political party shall prepare and submit to the Commission a report with respect of each of the following periods— (a) January to March; (b) April to June; (c) July to September; and (d) October to December (2) Despite subsection (1) during a general election period, every political party participating in an election shall prepare a report under this subsection in respect of every thirty days commencing from the date of publication of a notice by the Commission for the general election and ending on the date of gazettement of the election results.” view
• 23 Mar 2022 in Senate: The report is submitted not to registrar of political parties but to the commission which is the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). I saw that requirement being very tedious. If you own a political party but because of the realignment that we have currently, you do not end sponsoring any candidate the Act still requires you to submit a monthly report. This is the point I wanted to clarify. I hope that my colleagues will support this so that it can become neat. I thank my colleagues because they reiterated the point that I raised earlier, on the importance ... view
• 23 Mar 2022 in Senate: Also, I request that the putting of the question be deferred to a later date pursuant to Standing Order 61(3). view
• 23 Mar 2022 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I beg to move: - view
• 23 Mar 2022 in Senate: THAT, the Senate adopts the Report of the Standing Committee on Health on the special audit report on utilization of COVID-19 funds by 28 county governments, laid on the Table of the Senate on Wednesday, 9th February, 2022. view