2 Mar 2017 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, the Schedule to the Bill be amended in the proposed amendments to the Retirements Benefits (Deputy President and Designated State Officers) Act, No.8 of 2015 by – (i) inserting the following new item immediately before the proposed amendment to section 3-
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2 Mar 2017 in National Assembly:
Insert the following new definitions in their proper alphabetical s.2 sequence— “retired Chief Justice” means a person who, having held the office of Chief Justice, has ceased to hold the office as such in the manner specified in the Constitution; “retired Deputy Chief Justice” means a person who, having held the office of Deputy Chief Justice has ceased to hold office as such in the manner specified in the Constitution. (ii) deleting the proposed amendment to section 3 and substituting therefor with the following new amendment— s.3 Delete and substitute therefor the following new section— Persons entitled 3.Subject to sections ...
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2 Mar 2017 in National Assembly:
be persons who— (a) at any time after the 1st January, 1993, retire as Deputy President, Prime Minister, Vice-President or Speaker; and (b) at any time after the 27thAugust, 2010, retire as Chief Justice or Deputy Chief Justice.
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2 Mar 2017 in National Assembly:
The import of this is, one, to clarify the definition of retired CJ and, two, to also clarify the definition with regard to the retired DCJ. I would like to move this on an amended form. It will read as follows: Section 2 inserting the following new definitions in their proper alphabetical sequence: 1. Retired Chief Justice means a person who having held the office of the Chief Justice has ceased to hold the office as such in the manner specified in the Constitution promulgated on the 27th August 2010. 2. Retired Deputy Chief Justice means a person who having ...
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2 Mar 2017 in National Assembly:
The amendment on Section 3 reads as follows: That subject to Section 5(3) and Section 15, the persons entitled to the benefits conferred by this Act shall be persons who- (a) At any time after the 1st January 1993, retire as the Deputy President, Prime Minister, Vice President and Speaker. (b) At any time after the 27th August 2010, retire as the Chief Justice and Deputy Chief Justice of the Republic of Kenya.
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2 Mar 2017 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. As you know, Hon. T.J. Kajwang’ is a sharp mind and a stickler of rules. I moved this amendment yesterday. It was unwritten. Unfortunately, there were some errors that were noticed by the clerks thereafter. We are seeking to clean up the amendment that I moved yesterday. It is not a new one. Therefore, I am not moving it. It is just that it was unwritten. While we were trying to make sense out of it, we realized that it was a little bit confusing. In order for us to have clarity in terms ...
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2 Mar 2017 in National Assembly:
had already been moved, but there was confusion in terms of the dates. That is the only thing that remained.
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2 Mar 2017 in National Assembly:
On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman.
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2 Mar 2017 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. It is unfair for a leader in this House to say that I am very casual in the manner in which I approach serious business of the House. He knows that I am a very serious man. I take things seriously. I cannot be casual at my age. I have practiced law for the last 26 years. For somebody to say that I am casual, he must be out of order. For me to realize that we had excluded the former Vice-President, Hon. Kalonzo Musyoka, I must have been keen. He should have thanked ...
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2 Mar 2017 in National Assembly:
On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman.
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