Petronila Were Lokorio

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Oct 2018 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, this Bill provides for a petitions register. This is important because we will track whatever petitions go to the county assembly. That register will be available to any member of the public in Kenya. The Bill talks about some forms which will be standard that will serve all the counties. This will create uniformity and harmony in handling petitions to county assemblies. There was nothing wrong with each county having its own procedure, but having one procedure creates unity in diversity. view
• 17 Oct 2018 in Senate: There were also issues on the role of the clerk and whether he or she is being given too many powers in determining the viability of a petition. We should note that a clerk is usually like the legal and administrative advisor to the county assembly and the speaker. Therefore, this is an office with different calibre of human resource that can go through each petition. There are various conditions that a petition is supposed to meet before it is approved for presentation to the county assembly by the speaker. All these will require somebody to go through them and ... view
• 17 Oct 2018 in Senate: and it should be the clerk. I agree with the drafter of this Bill that the choice of the clerk or the clerk’s office approving the petitions was in order. view
• 17 Oct 2018 in Senate: I would recommend an amendment; that in the Bill we have a limit to the period that a committee should consider a petition. It is not indicated in the Bill how long a committee should consider a petition after it has been assigned by the speaker of a county assembly. For example, in the Senate, a Committee should consider a petition within 60 days. We should also put a period for the petitions to the county assemblies. view
• 17 Oct 2018 in Senate: I commend Sen. Pareno for this Bill. I think it is a good start towards helping county assemblies to meet their mandate. view
• 17 Oct 2018 in Senate: I support. view
• 26 Sep 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to contribute to the Petroleum Bill. Reading the Bill, it continues to affirm the fact we have been stating here in the recent past on the importance of the Senate to protect counties. view
• 26 Sep 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Bill gives a lot of power to the CS. Every time you read through the Bill, you will find that the CS will appoint this; he will give licence, regulate and determine the membership to the Petroleum Fund. Therefore, there is a lot of power being drawn to the centre and very little to the counties. Therefore, without this Senate, then our communities, counties and people will be doomed. I, therefore, thank you because this Bill has come to this House. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, public participation on this Bill was done by the Senate ... view
• 26 Sep 2018 in Senate: With that, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to support my colleagues who said that, for example, Uganda discovered oil sometime back, but they have not commercialised it- -- view
• 26 Sep 2018 in Senate: I, therefore, ask that we link up with other East African countries and set up a refinery here – considering that we are the “big brother” – so that oil from the other countries can also be refined here. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view