Priscilla Nyokabi Kanyua

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. It is not the Leader of the Majority Party who called it his Bill, it is the women of Kenya who christened it “Duale Bill”. Just to be clear, the full title of the Bill is the “Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, (No.4) of 2015, popularly called the “Duale Bill”. view
• 11 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: (off record ). view
• 11 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I just want to make a quick clarification on the timelines in regard to the comment made by Hon. Gladys Wanga, on the question of the Constitutional (Amendment) Bill. You know that the two-thirds matter goes with the statutory amendments. The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) and many other partners in the electoral process have amendments on the election laws. We need to bring to this House a set of amendments relating to election laws generally, so that as early as 2015, we will have cleared and set ourselves on a path of good elections in 2017. ... view
• 11 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: A question has arisen which we are not very sure how to answer, namely the question of the number of days that the Supreme Court has to address a presidential petition. The judges have come to the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee and said that the period given in the Constitution might need to be looked at. They said that in many other jurisdictions, you might need 21 or 30 days to conclude a presidential petition properly. That is a question that this House will be looking at. In terms of timeline - and we will be asking for your ... view
• 11 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 7 of the Bill be amended in─ (a) subclause (1)(a) by deleting the word “seven” and substituting therefor the word “twenty”; (b) subclause (1)(b) by deleting the word “five” and substituting therefor the word “fifteen”; (c) subclause (1)(c) by deleting the word “four” and substituting therefor the word “ten”; (d) subclause (1)(d) by deleting the word “three” and substituting therefor the word “seven”; (e) subclause (1)(e) by deleting the word “two” and substituting therefor the word “five”; (f) subclause (3) by deleting paragraph (e) and substituting therefor the following paragraph— ... view
• 11 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Under Sub-Clause 1(a) of the Bill, by deleting the words “seven” and substituting therefor the word “twenty”. The Chief Magistrates’ Court would then have the pecuniary jurisdiction of Kshs.20 million. view
• 11 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Under Sub-Clause 7(1)(b) of the Bill, deleting the word “five million” and substituting therefor the word “fifteen” would mean that the Senior Principal Magistrate would have the jurisdiction of Kshs.15 million. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 11 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Under Sub-Clause 1(c) of the Bill, deleting the word “four” and substituting therefor the word “ten” would mean that the Principal Magistrate would have the jurisdiction of Kshs.10 million. Under Sub-Clause 1(d) of the Bill, deleting the word “three” and substituting therefor the word “seven” would mean a Senior Resident Magistrate would have the jurisdiction of Kshs.7 million. Under Sub-Clause 1(e) of the Bill, deleting the word “two” and substituting therefor the word “five” would mean that a Resident Magistrate would have the jurisdiction of Kshs.5 million. Under Sub-Clause 3 of the Bill, we have a final amendment under Sub-Clause ... view
• 11 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. The Committee spent a lot of time looking at Clause 9. It is, indeed, the Committee’s view that the Magistrates’ Courts should have jurisdiction on matters of environment and land. view
• 11 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: With regard to the pecuniary jurisdiction we have set above, I am happy that Hon. Ochieng has come in because he had some contestations on questions of language. He was wondering whether we could have tightened it a little bit more by giving this jurisdiction to the Magistrates’ Courts in matters that relate to the environment and land, matters that relate to human rights and matters that relate to the Employment and Labour Relations Act. However, for the purposes of our record, because the HANSARD is used in the interpretation of the Act, what we are saying as a Committee ... view