Samuel Kiprono Chepkonga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. You know, I have a lot of respect for hon. Chris Wamalwa. One of the things that I like about him is, he dresses very nicely and speaks well. That is a matter that we put to hon. Francis ole Kaparo. We asked him what he would do given that he is the chair of URP and he stated very emphatically that he had resigned over one month ago. view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, hon. Ken Obura must not introduce this, this is not an election. It is an appointment. So, you do not need to resign six months before. It is even enough that you resign even before. Hon. Dzoro was also a Member of a certain party and we were very clear. We asked them and they said they are no longer members of those parties. We were very careful. These are matters of cohesion. So, I would like to inform hon. Wakhungu that he has resigned. view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I have a lot of respect for my colleague. He is my good friend, except that I would like to inform him that there was an amendment that was made when I was moving the Motion. It is not Rose Macharia- Mghoi, but Rose Mghoi-Macharia. This is a matter that was discussed by this Committee. What we said is that, when you are married, you do not cease to belong to your ethnic group. You have a right to remain as a Member of that ethnic group. It is your choice. This is a matter that ... view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I have been approached by a number of Members, including my very good friend, Eng. Gumbo, to donate time but, knowing the Standing Orders, it does not allow me to donate any time. The tradition cannot override the law and since I am the Chair of the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee, I will abide by the law. view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: I will be very brief. I would like to thank all the Members who have supported the nominees for appointment as the commissioners of NCIC. I am, indeed, indebted to most of the Members who have contributed in a very positive manner, knowing that, that is a Commission that will deal with issues of cohesion and integration. For the first time, this House has been unanimous. It has come together in approving the nominees to NCIC. This is very commendable. It is flowing all the way from the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee where we had consensus in approving these ... view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: The only thing that we were unable to do was to get a young person. I noticed that hon. Sakaja, who represents the young persons, sits as the Chair of the National Cohesion Committee. He will be sufficient. Maybe in future, we would like to ask the young people or the youth to apply for these positions. As it is, we did not have a choice on the persons to pick to the Commission from the youth. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the ... view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: We were fortunate to have one person representing persons with disability, namely, the former magistrate Mr. Erick Aluoch Ogwang’. So, with respect to the representation of our society, it is fairly represented. Those are 15 persons and yet, we have about 42 tribes. We could not fit every tribe in this particular Commission. Again, as you know, the Supreme Court has ruled that we look at the totality of all the Commissions when considering ethnic balance and regional representation. So, we took that into account together with the Kenya National Human Rights Commission, the Salaries Review Commission and all the ... view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: I second, hon. Speaker. view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. Just in addition to what you have just said, Standing Order 230 is very clear. It states as follows:- “That a petition to the House for removal of a member of a Commission under Article 251(1) of the Constitution - (a) shall indicate the grounds under Article 251(1) of the Constitution, which the Member of the Commission is in breech; (b) may contain affidavits or other documents annexed to it. view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, we have no affidavits or other documents annexed so that it is claimed that we did not bring those documents here. When the Petition was forwarded to us, it was just a mere Petition, making reference to a Supreme Court decision and the documents that were filed thereat. So, the Committee was being invited to go to the Supreme Court to look for those documents. Hon. Speaker, I would like to thank you very much--- view