Samuel Kiprono Chepkonga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Dec 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move: THAT, the Bill be amended by inserting the following new clause immediately after Clause 10— view
• 1 Dec 2016 in National Assembly: Amendment of view
• 1 Dec 2016 in National Assembly: 10 A. Section 31 of the Elections Act, 2011 is amended by section 31 of No. 24 inserting the following new subsections immediately after of 2011. subsection (2D)— view
• 1 Dec 2016 in National Assembly: “(2F) Where the Commission receives multiple requests under subsection 2, the Commission shall conduct and supervise the nomination of candidates for presidential, parliamentary or county elections for all the requesting political parties— (a) on the same day; (b) in the same polling centres; and (c) in different polling streams for each participating political party.” view
• 1 Dec 2016 in National Assembly: (2E) Parliament shall appropriate monies for the effective implementation of this section.” What we are seeking to do here is as you know, the Bill that was prepared by the Selection Committee passed through this House and we have enacted it into law. It is stated clearly that the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, upon request from a political party, shall be required to conduct party nominations. What we did not do is to streamline the process with how the IEBC will conduct that particular primary. So what we have done is to streamline it in law; to provide what ... view
• 1 Dec 2016 in National Assembly: do in the event that more than one political party requests them to conduct its party’s primary. view
• 1 Dec 2016 in National Assembly: This clarifies what the IEBC will be expected to do once they are requested pursuant to the law that they have already passed. So this is just purely to clarify what the IEBC is expected to do. They have been saying: “We do not know what we are expected to do. How is this going to be funded?” As you know, the Government at the moment is funding political parties. So this is part of that process of ensuring that there is fair level playing ground for all the parties, all participants, aspirants or candidates participating in the party primaries. view
• 1 Dec 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, the way the law is at the moment is crafted in mandatory terms. It states as follows: “A political party may request the IEBC to conduct its party primaries. Upon request, the Commission shall…” That is where the mandatory terms were used in the law as it is. So it is not us who say this. We passed this law, there was no amendment and so it is just for us to clarify. The IEBC is required now; it is mandatory once it is requested as the law stands. view
• 1 Dec 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move: THAT, clause 2 of the Bill be amended by deleting paragraph (b). That again has already been carried in the Bill that is now law. So it will be unnecessary to pass it again. view
• 1 Dec 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move that the Committee doth report to the House its considerations of the Elections Law (Amendment) (No.3) Bill, National Assembly Bill No.63 of 2015 and its approval thereof with amendments. view