11 May 2021 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I disagree with a lot of provisions in the Bill, but because my County of Mandera is getting one extra constituency, I vote yes.
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29 Apr 2021 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for giving me a chance to contribute to the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, 2020.
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29 Apr 2021 in Senate:
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29 Apr 2021 in Senate:
In the Memorandum of this Bill, the promoters set the following objectives: (a) The need to resolve issues of divisive elections. (b) Promotion of gender, equity and governance. (c) Strengthening of the structure of devolution and increase resource allocation to counties. (d) The broadening of mechanisms for all people of Kenya to benefit from economic growth. (e) Harmonization of certain roles and functions of the bicameral Parliament. (f) Fortification of national ethos by specifying responsibilities of citizens and (g) The strengthening of accountability of public resources and fight against corruption. As we look at this Bill, it is important to ...
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29 Apr 2021 in Senate:
I congratulate the Joint Committee of the Senate and the National Assembly for a job well done. They were put in difficult circumstances because the Bill had many confused sections with many problems. Kenyans have been talking about it and owning the Bill without even knowing what is in there.
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29 Apr 2021 in Senate:
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29 Apr 2021 in Senate:
In fact, at one time we were told to either take it or leave it. That is a bitter pill to swallow and it is very unfortunate. This is the Constitution of Kenya, which must be protected and safeguarded by all Kenyans and, more so, the Executive and Parliament, the representatives of the people.
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29 Apr 2021 in Senate:
The Committee did a good job because they sieved this Bill properly. They have told us what is proper and what is not. They have also told us what is constitutional and what is unconstitutional. I am surprised by the recommendations of the Committee that this is unconstitutional. How then do you proceed again to say we will amend the Constitution?
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29 Apr 2021 in Senate:
We are at a crossroads. The Committee has done a good job of highlighting all the issues. However, as we are told our hands are tied and that our role is ceremonial. Again, the argument is that, our role is not ceremonial because we represent the people. You cannot knowingly pass something bad to the people and ask them to just do it. I think we are just assigning ourselves something unnecessary.
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29 Apr 2021 in Senate:
Today, we have this Bill before Parliament and we have to either reject or pass it.
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