Samuel Kiprono Chepkonga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: to ensure that we have a legal framework for provision of legal aid towards ensuring justice for all persons as stipulated under Article 48 of the Constitution. view
• 23 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we have passed many other Bills like the Victims Protection Bill, the Persons Deprived of Liberty Bill and the Marriage Act of 2014 which was, indeed, the highlight of the last Session. This will ensure that family rights relating to systems of marriage and the minimum marriageable age are well enshrined in the law that we passed. It was brought to this House by the Executive. That is a very important piece of legislation that has brought together or amalgamated about five or seven legislations. We now have one Marriage Bill to govern marriage in this ... view
• 23 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: The other one that I wanted to mention is with regard to Road 2000. The Government has worked very hard to ensure that dignity of the people is protected by providing infrastructural facilities that are commensurate with our development. The Government, through the Kenya National Highways Authority (KENHA), the Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA), the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KERRA) as well as the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has been maintaining roads in the entire country. As a result, many roads have been tarmacked. Under the new initiative of Roads 10,000, there was an attempt by the Government to come ... view
• 23 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Finally, as required by Article 38 of the Constitution on political rights, the Government, through the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), has put in place very realisable and practical measures towards special voting for persons with special needs, particularly persons with disabilities, by ensuring that they are provided with adequate facilities when they go to vote. It should be flexible to ensure that they participate in the democratic activities of this country. view
• 23 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: With those remarks, I second. view
• 16 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order 120, this House resolves to reduce the publication period of the Political Parties (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.2 of 2016) from 14 to 11 days. This is a fairly straightforward Bill which ought to have come to the Floor of the House last year. The Election Laws (Amendment) Bill was read for the first time last week. This Political Parties (Amendment) Bill was also discussed together with the Election Laws (Amendment) (No.3) Bill, 2015. The urgency of this Amendment Bill is that it ... view
• 16 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. A.B. Duale. view
• 16 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I do not ordinarily agree with Hon. Jakoyo Midiwo. view
• 16 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Yes! But today, I totally agree with him, Hon. Speaker. view
• 16 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, this is part of the recanted evidence. We discussed this matter last year and agreed that there was a problem with the Budget and Appropriations Committee. Even the Leader of the Majority Party agreed that there was a problem with the Budget and Appropriations Committee. I am an honest man. When something is wrong, I do not agree. In fact, it pricks my conscience. What Hon. Jakoyo Midiwo has stated is something that we stated last time. I spoke to the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee and agreed that we give Kshs1 billion to Independent Electoral ... view