Samuel Kiprono Chepkonga

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• 7 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: The Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs has already tabled its Report. This is an amendment that originated from the Committee. The Bill seeks to amend the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) Act to increase the number of commissioners from three to five. view
• 7 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Secondly, the Bill seeks to provide for the chairperson and members of the EACC to serve on a part-time basis. It further seeks to provide for a timeline for the appointment of the chairperson and members of EACC when a vacancy arises. The Committee, as required by Article 118(1)(b) of the Constitution of Kenya and Standing Order No.127(3), advertised in two newspapers – The Standard and The Daily Nation – on 25th June, 2015, copies of which have The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from ... view
• 7 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: been annexed to our Report. They were inviting members of the public to make presentations concerning the amendments contained thereon. There was no response to those advertisements placed in the two newspapers. view
• 7 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Fourthly, the Committee considered, as required by Standing Orders, the Bill in its original form and made no amendments and, therefore, recommends that this Bill be approved by the House. view
• 7 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the rationale behind the proposed amendments was contained in our Report which was adopted unanimously by this House when we proposed the removal of the two commissioners of EACC. In brief, the reason why we are seeking to increase the number of commissioners from three to five is this:- view
• 7 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: It is unacceptable to have a commission of three members whose quorum is two. That cannot be a meeting. That is a meeting in secret. It is a secrecy meeting. Can you imagine two people purporting to dispatch the business of a very serious organization like EACC? It leaves a lot of room for conspiracy between two people. It is important that we increase the number so that we can ensure that matters that are being discussed are considered in a very impartial and unbiased manner. So, we are proposing that the number be increased from three to five. view
• 7 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Secondly, the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs also proposes that the chairperson and the four commissioners serve on a part-time basis. The reason being that we considered a number of situations and, as you know, this House has expressed itself in the past that most of the commissions that have been created under Article 15, the so-called “Article 15 Commissions” should be made part-time. For instance, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) and the National Gender and Equality Commission (NGEC), once the IEBC concludes elections, what will the nine commissioners be doing for five years in office? ... view
• 7 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Secondly, when you consider the EACC commissioners, the role of EACC is purely policy and not executive. Yet, they have been made executive. There is no policy that they perform from Monday through to Friday. So, just like any other ordinary board of a serious organisation, like the one I served, the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK), you can imagine if it had full-time board members. It would create two centres of power in which it will be very difficult to dispatch business. The only thing the board members will be doing is to micro-manage the secretariat, which is also ... view
• 7 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: The third reason is that we recognised that when you seek to have employed persons on full-time basis, most of the time, as we have seen in the past with regard to EACC, you only attract people who have been job seekers. When their contracts expire in one body and the EACC advertises the positions, they say: “Oh, I have been a job seeker. I think this is something I am going to do.” This is true if you examine all the commissioners that have been sitting at EACC. We are not creating positions for job seekers. We are creating ... view
• 7 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: As you know, Hon. Speaker, Hon. Mbalu, of course, is a very gracious lady not only in manner of speech but also in manner of dressing. She also appreciates that I dress well. Is it in order for Hon. (Ms.) Mbalu to claim that - I am very clear about this that it is Hon. Jessica Mbalu who is my very good friend from the Speaker’s Panel - corruption is dividing the Kamba people? Is it right, Hon. Speaker? Is that in order? view