Samuel Kiprono Chepkonga

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• 17 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Clause 13 of the Bill seeks to amend Section 19 of the principal Act by mandating political parties to hold meetings as per their constitutions and to comply with the law relating to public meetings. There is a requirement in the law that political parties should come up with their own constitutions. Many political parties have constitutions, but they do not comply with them. They do not call for meetings and that is why Hon. ole Kenta had to go to the Political Parties Tribunal to require his party to comply with its constitution. He is an active member in ... view
• 17 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Clause 15 of the Bill seeks to amend Section 21 of the principal Act to require that a political party must have in its membership special interest groups in accordance with Articles 27 and 100 of the Constitution. It also proposes that a political party should maintain standards at registration during the entire duration of its existence. At inception, parties are very active. But they develop inconsistencies that are contrary to their enabling provision as they continue in existence. They must continue to exist in the manner in which they are proposed to do. view
• 17 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Clause 16 of the Bill seeks to amend Section 25 of the principal Act to require that a political party shall not receive funding if it does not have in its governing body representation of special interest groups. If you do not have special groups in your organs or party list, then you will not partake in the political funds set aside by this House. Clause 20 of the Bill seeks to amend Section 21 of the principal Act by requiring that the Chief Justice (CJ) may, in consultation with the tribunal, prescribe regulations for the determination of disputes. This ... view
• 17 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Clause 23 of the Bill seeks to amend the Second Schedule of the principal Act to ensure that political parties include special needs groups and dispute resolution mechanisms in their constitutions as per Articles 47 and 50 of the Constitution. There will always be conflicts and contentions where there are people. It is important that political parties have dispute resolution mechanisms in their constituting acts before either going to the Political Parties Tribunal or the High Court so that they can deal with their matters before they are exposed to third parties. This is an important amendment brought into this ... view
• 17 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: procedure on the appointment of the Registrar of Political Parties. Once this Bill is passed, we hope that the position will be filled substantively by a new Registrar of Political Parties. view
• 17 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: With those remarks, I beg to move. I would like to request the indomitable Member for Kiharu Constituency to second. I found him today driving a small car, and I can confirm to his constituents that he is a man of frugal means. view
• 16 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. As you know, this Bill was passed by the National Assembly and thereafter, you submitted it to the Senate. The Senate made amendments. Thereafter, you appointed a Meditation Committee in which I am a member together with Hon. Timothy Bosire and Hon. Maanzo, as Members from the National Assembly. We met today to consider the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill No.2 (National Assembly Bill No. of 2013). The Committee considered the amendments from the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from ... view
• 16 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Senate which we thought were tempered in any event. It was an amendment to the Transition Government Authority Act. As you know Transition Authority (TA) ceased to exist. So, that amendment in itself is moot. We told them that this is something that has become irrelevant and so we do not need to consider it. So, we agreed that this is a matter that we will agree in the next meeting which will be on Wednesday, so that we can prepare the report. It takes time to convince those who believed in it. I will sort it out. I thank ... view
• 16 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, they were trying to see whether they could find a home for that amendment, whether it should be placed under the Inter-governmental Authority Act which as you know, was not a subject of amendment in this Miscellaneous Amendments Bill. So, even that attempt itself will not succeed. As you have correctly put it, the Transition Authority itself is functus officio. So, to make an attempt to give power to a body that does not exist does not make sense. I thank you. view
• 16 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to second this Procedural Motion. This is a very important Bill that ensures that we split the revenue between the county government and the national Government. 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