Samuel Kiprono Chepkonga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: - Member (v) Ms. Rose Mghoi Mtambo Macharia - Member Hon. Speaker, the Committee carried out the approval process of those five nominees. All of them appeared before the Committee as required. We advertised requesting for Memoranda from the members of the public as required by the Constitution and the Standing Orders. We received comments with respect to the last nominee, but received no comments for all the others. With respect to the proposed nominee to be Chairperson, Mr. Philip Kinisu; this is a very qualified person. We found him to be very competent in terms of work experience and ... view
• 17 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: As you know, the President declared corruption as a threat to national security and those are some of the things that we asked him. As a country, we are faced with a phenomenon that requires to be fought using every method that he has learned in his career. Particularly, this is for the second time a person has been appointed - other than being a lawyer - to be the Chair. He is an auditor by profession and we noted that he had a first class honours degree when he completed his university education with a Bachelor of Commerce. We ... view
• 17 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: because of the number of women whose names were forwarded to the President at that time, she was not fortunate to be appointed. So, this House has previously approved the two of them, so we did not have difficulties in terms of approving them as we found them still suitable and competent in areas they had been proposed. As I had mentioned, we did receive about two memoranda with respect to Ms. Rose Mghoi Mtambo. The two were objecting her appointment because they said that she was being investigated in a World Bank project. Hon. Speaker, the complaint came by ... view
• 17 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: There was someone who said that she occupied three positions in Government. She has since resigned as Council Member of Maasai Mara University and as Director of Kenya Industrial Estates (KIE). Therefore, we are satisfied that she qualifies to be appointed a commissioner. She is competent and is currently the head of Human Resource at the Constitution Implementation Commission (CIC). She has worked very well in previous positions. She has been appointed to various parastatals, particularly at the Nyayo Tea Zones Authority, where Hon. Moses Cheboi was a Director. He is here; I thought he was outside. I did not ... view
• 17 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: As a Committee, we were satisfied that the nominees, as proposed, are competent to occupy the positions for which they have been nominated. On a final note, Members have expressed a lot of dissatisfaction with the staff of the Commission. I rose on a point of order yesterday but, unfortunately, Members were totally upset with the members of staff and not with me because I stood to support them. The EACC is an independent Commission established by Article 79 of the Constitution. As a House, we are under obligation to protect it as a Commission and not the members of ... view
• 17 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: They went inside and inquired as to whether there was anyone tampering with evidence and the staff told them that they had not called the EACC officials and that no one was tampering with any evidence. Therefore, the EACC walked out. By then the Press was there. The objective of whoever called the EACC officials had already been achieved – to tarnish the name of Hon. Kazungu. I am told quite authoritatively by the EACC that the Hon. Member himself is not under investigation at all. As you know, Members of Parliament do not sign cheques in the CDF. We ... view
• 17 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Act that was repealed by the enactment of the new Act. Therefore, to purport to allege that Hon. Kazungu was under investigation was in fact false. I can confirm authoritatively that he is not under any investigation. It is just that there are people who have sent too many e-mails complaining about him over nothing. In fact, I am told by the CEO that it was strange that they received so many complaints when he was nominated to be the Cabinet Secretary for Mining. I am not here to defend the members of staff of the EACC. I am here ... view
• 17 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: When we sat in a Kamukunji on Tuesday, it was agreed that we invite the EACC to appear before the Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs to shed light on why they think that Hon. Cheboi and many other Members have not surrendered their title deeds. In fact, I am informed reliably that the title deed of Hon. Cheboi is actually lying in Parliament. Those are the issues in respect of which we would want to engage the EACC and ask them to reveal the sources of that information. I am not here to defend Hon. Moses Cheboi; I am ... view
• 17 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, with those few remarks, I move. view
• 17 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Hon. Kang’ata is begging me to let him second the Motion, but this Committee is gender sensitive. Therefore, I request Hon. Fatuma Ibrahim, the Member for Wajir County, to second. view