Petronila Were Lokorio

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 May 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, on behalf of the women of Kenya, the people of Busia and Baringo counties, I vote yes. view
• 6 May 2021 in Senate: On a point of information, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I would like to inform Sen. Faki that the Committee procedure is also open to the public. Both processes are open to the public. view
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity to contribute to this constitutional amendment Bill. I begin by thanking the Joint Committee that came up with a very good and comprehensive Report. They also consulted widely. They had various experts whom they consulted when they were coming up with this Report. view
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: Knowing that this Committee was co-chaired by senior counsel, they have taken into consideration serious issues of constitutional nature that we need to look into as a House. Aside from the issue of errors in the two different Bills in the National Assembly and the Senate, there is the issue of constituencies and whether a task force can do delimitation of boundaries and give us constituencies. That has been declared unconstitutional by this Joint Committee. It is up to us, as a House, to see whether we need to correct some of these unconstitutional provisions in this Bill. view
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have also gone through the whole of Article 257 and there is no where it expressly says that Parliament cannot change the provisions of an amendment Bill brought about by popular initiative. The spirit of Article 257 is that it is an amendment brought by the people. When we talk about ‘by the people’, assuming there was no BBI, those are just ordinary Kenyans. They are bound to make mistakes because they are not a legislative arm. We are the people who make legislative interventions. So, we should have an opportunity to make these corrections. view
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: The spirit of Article 257 indicates that we cannot change the substance or the will of the people, but it certainly does not say that we cannot change the form or the typographical errors that are in this Bill. I want to agree with my colleagues that we need not run away from this responsibility. We shall be judged harshly. Let us make the necessary legislative interventions as a House, first to correct the error of the two Bills. I do not know if it is too late, but we would have preferred to allow the National Assembly to do ... view
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Memoranda of Objects and reasons of the Bill, and I am reading from the Report in Index II, the promoters of the Bill, that is the Building Bridges Initiative indicated that the Bill seeks to address certain issues such as: Address issues arising from the implementation of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010, specifically the need to resolve the issues of divisive elections, promote gender equity in governance, strengthen the structure of devolution, increase resource allocation to counties and broaden mechanisms for all the people of Kenya to benefit. That is what we are calling shared prosperity. ... 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: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the other issue was on strengthening the structure of devolution. Having listened to the Co-Chair of the Joint Committee, they have actually weakened the Senate a great deal yet the role of the Senate is to protect counties and their governments. When you weaken the Senate, you are basically weakening devolution and the counties for that matter. This Bill was also supposed to resolve the issues of divisive elections. I have not seen any focus on the reforms of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), to make sure that the IEBC deals with issues of divisive ... view
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: Article 179 is being amended to allow Members of the County Assemblies (MCAs) to summon governors. This is a role that we have been proud of, as the Senate. This is, therefore, another way of weakening the Senate. This Bill actually does not strengthen the structure of devolution, but weakens it by weakening the Senate. view