Samuel Kiprono Chepkonga

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2901 to 2910 of 3315.

• 20 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: It is not that he has a bad marriage; he has a good marriage. Could I be in order to request you, hon. Speaker to call the Mover to reply? view
• 19 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I would like to thank you very much for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very important debate. view
• 19 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: As you know, hon. Speaker, I am the most offended party. There were purported orders that were issued against the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs which I chair. 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
• 19 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, it would have been a sad day if I was not recognized to contribute to this debate in which I would like to join the long list of the reasonable hon. Members who have been disgusted and flabbergasted by the attempt by the Judiciary to violate and emasculate the rights of the people. This is extremely serious matter. We must not allow a situation that goes against the Constitution to prevail for even one second. Why am I saying so? You have invited us down the road to consider whether we should obey the Constitution or court orders. ... view
• 19 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: “(1) Every person has an obligation to respect, uphold and defend this Constitution.” There is nowhere in this Constitution where it states that every person has a right to uphold and defend a court order. There is none including the Judiciary itself. They have a right to defend this Constitution. They have no excuse at all not to defend this Constitution. Every arm of the Government has been apportioned powers within the Constitution. The Constitution has given powers to Parliament to do certain actions which we are continuing to do. There is no one arm of the Government that can ... view
• 19 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, our role is under Article 95; that of the Senate is under Article 96 and Article 125 talks about summoning persons to appear before the National Assembly and the Senate. There is nowhere the Judiciary has been allocated powers to suspend the operation of the Constitution with respect to the mandate of every House of Parliament. view
• 19 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Indeed, it is a very sad day that someone can purport to issue orders to stop Parliament from legislating. This is a very serious matter. In fact, I would like to confirm to this House that we are now seized of this matter; that is the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs and the CIOC. We are considering extending the mandate of the Vetting Board to apply to judges who were employed even after 2010. This is because if you have not been vetted you were just employed. We need further vetting on people who are just issuing orders ... view
• 19 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, when that Motion comes here, we expect that Members will support us because this is a very serious matter; that someone can issue an order to gag Parliament from exercising its constitutional power. You know we are a number of lawyers here. I do not think there is a bench that can be created composed of as many lawyers as those who sit in this House. If you count the number of lawyers who sit here, you will find that they are not three, including yourself being the Speaker of this House. view
• 19 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: There is no way we can issue unconstitutional legislations here. Even if we were to do so, there is a ruling even at the House of Commons that even if Parliament itself acts illegally, it cannot be given injunctions by courts. I get very surprised what the Judiciary has done that with the requirement that they should be circumspect when it comes to issuing injunction orders. They are expected to hear both parties before issuing an adverse ruling against the other party. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report ... view
• 19 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: We are discussing the Marriage Bill and I am just hoping that the Judiciary is not being seduced to go down the road of anarchy where you are invited to where blinkers and not see anything on the side and just see me only. That is a very serious matter. We have Chapter Six of our own laws. Sections 4 and 12 of the Parliamentary Privileges Act are very clear. There is no High Court, Court of Appeal or Supreme Court that can impugn the actions of Parliament. view