Samuel Kiprono Chepkonga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 27 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Unless we want to operate as a House--- view
• 27 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: No, I am going to finish. I have stood here and quoted the Constitution. Article 2 of the Constitution is very clear particularly to Members of Parliament. They must uphold and defend this Constitution. Anybody who is talking outside this Constitution should be ruled out of order; either you quote the Constitution or have no business speaking. 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
• 27 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: This is a House of rules and laws. There is a maxim that states “ignorance of the law is no defence”. view
• 21 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to second this Procedural Motion that has been brought by the Leader of the Majority Party, Hon. Aden Duale. The Leader of the Majority Party has been very hawk-eyed in terms of looking at whether the business of the House is in consonance with the Constitution. Article 3(1) of the Constitution, is very clear. It states:- view
• 21 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: “Every person has an obligation to respect, uphold and defend this Constitution”. As you know, Article 118 of the Constitution requires that this House facilitates public participation, involvement in legislative and other business of the House. It is no longer the preserve or the monopoly of this House to pass legislation without reference to the members of the public, including the media. Public participation is part of issues raised by the media that they think offends the Constitution. It has, therefore, come to the knowledge of the public which include the media that while this House was considering the Bill, ... view
• 21 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: “--- any limitation by any legislation must be reasonable and justifiable in an open and democratic society ---”. It has come to our knowledge that some of the provisions, as already been pointed out by the Leader of the Majority Party, in particular Clauses 34 and 37 of the Bill, appear to derogate from Articles 24 and 34 of the Constitution. It is important that this House relooks at those clauses. This Bill is still within the House. The train has not left the station. Many people are saying that Parliament should reverse this Bill, but there is nothing to ... view
• 21 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: I rise to second that the Bill be re-committed to the House for reconsideration of Clauses 34 and 37. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 21 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I rise to support the Leader of the Majority Party that this clause be deleted for the following reasons: If we are seeking to protect our reputation, this is not the way to do it. We have the law on libel and defamation. That can be done through courts. So, we are over-legislating on a matter that is already provided for in other parts of the law. view
• 21 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Secondly, there is an English adage which says: “A fool does not change his mind.” We are very wise people and there is nothing wrong with changing our minds. The only problem that happened is that Hon. Keynan called a Press conference and undertook to withdraw this. Unknown to us, he left it and there were a lot of issues that went on here and people forgot to delete it. So it went in by mistake. So, I must say---. view
• 21 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you. I will not argue with him. You know there is lapse of memory occasionally and I acknowledge that it happens once in a while. Everybody knows that Hon. Keynan called a Press conference, so that is not denied. view