Samuel Kiprono Chepkonga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 May 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the Election Laws (Amendment) (No.3) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 63 of 2015) be read a Second Time. This is a Bill that has been developed jointly by the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) and other stakeholders. The object of this Bill is to seek to reform the electoral process. As you know, the Elections Act of 2011 was the first Act to be passed after the promulgation of the Constitution. After the holding of the first elections under the new Constitution, ... view
• 4 May 2016 in National Assembly: Clause 2 of this Bill seeks to remove the anomaly that we saw in the definition of what a Returning Officer and a Referendum Officer is. We are removing replacing the Referendum Officer with Returning Officer. In Clause 3, we are proposing to amend Section 5 of the Elections Act to provide for the period during which the continuous registration of voters may be temporarily stopped or halted during a referendum, and removes entitlement for persons who have applied for national identification (ID) cards to register as voters before the issuance of actual identification documents. We have had consultations with ... view
• 4 May 2016 in National Assembly: As you know, this House has already expressed itself on the moral standards every elected Member of Parliament, governor or President must comply with before they are allowed to participate in any election. That is contained in the Leadership and Integrity Act that was passed by this House. What has not been done is to set the minimum educational standards for Members of Parliament and Members of the County Assemblies. As you know, the standards to become governor or deputy governor have been set in the Constitution. As a minimum, they must have a degree. The foundation of this is ... view
• 4 May 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as you know, Members of Parliament are listed as State officers number 43. When we asked the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC), we were told that one does not require any qualification to become a member of parliament or a senator or a member of county assembly. In fact, even if you have not gone to standard one, you still qualify to be a member of parliament. That is a very dangerous thing to say. All the Members of Parliament you see here have struggled in their education. It will defeat the purpose of having almost ... view
• 4 May 2016 in National Assembly: unfairly by the parties. This is the so-called ‘party hoping provision’. It allows Members to escape the injustice in their party. Clause 10 proposes to amend Section 30 of the Elections Act, 2011 to allow a registered referendum committee to appoint an agent at each polling station. Clause 11 seeks to amend Section 32 of the Elections Act, 2011. It will require that an independent candidate shall submit to the commission the symbol they intend to use during an election. It should be at least seven days before nomination. This opens a window for those who did not succeed in ... view
• 4 May 2016 in National Assembly: The owner has absented herself or himself. view
• 4 May 2016 in National Assembly: It is memory lapse. The owner must have intended to walk out with the phone but forgot. view
• 4 May 2016 in National Assembly: This is to streamline the process of presenting a list for nominated members of Parliament and members of county assemblies to the commission. As you know, there has been a lot of contention over the manner parties have been forwarding the list of nominees. This clause seeks to streamline that process by ensuring that those who have been listed for nomination as persons with disability bring a certificate from the National Council for Persons with Disabilities. That is so that one does not say “I see this person as one who lacks one eye” yet that may be untrue. It ... view
• 4 May 2016 in National Assembly: because they waste about an hour queuing on the line. We want to streamline this process so that we can allow faster voting at the polling stations. Clause 14 seeks to amend Section 43 of the Elections Act to clarify that a public officer intending to stand for election must resign one year before the general elections and within seven days of the declaration of a vacancy hence a by- election. We want to ensure that State officers do not use public resources to campaign. We want to allow people who have made up their minds to run for elective ... view
• 4 May 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. At last, you have recognised me. view