Prof. Samuel Poghisio

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Mar 2022 in Senate: in the House for the Senate to undertake the divisions which will facilitate the transition to the next stage of these businesses. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I take this opportunity to thank Standing Committees that have tabled reports on Bills. I continue to urge those that are yet to conclude consideration of Bills to expedite the process. Movers of Bills, committee Chairpersons and Senators proposing amendments at the Committee of the Whole stage are encouraged to be available in the House to move the same whenever they are scheduled in the Order Paper. A number of these Bills have been ... view
• 23 Mar 2022 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, I beg to second. view
• 23 Mar 2022 in Senate: This is one in a series of Bills that have come to this House seeking to deal directly with issues of elections. It is in the interest of all of us who will be running and probably those who run political parties that political parties and individuals running for office be guided in as far as controlling the limits of financing and spending in campaigns is concerned. view
• 23 Mar 2022 in Senate: As my friend Sen. Olekina has stated, it should be possible for anybody in Kenya to run for any office. Right now, you must be wealthy in order to run for office. This Bill seeks to amend the existing laws, so that it is possible to control spending and that is why it is here. The purpose of the Bill is to remove some requirements for us to have a committee in charge of spending, the request for expenditure reports, the committee on referendum spending and also limit powers of the Auditor-General seeking to audit. Once you have controlled the ... view
• 23 Mar 2022 in Senate: We need to control the influence of external forces financially from entering into our political system, so that we do not have interference from foreigners or foreign countries dealing directly with our elections. This is what the Mover of this Bill is trying to help us understand. view
• 23 Mar 2022 in Senate: For those of us who sometimes are unable to raise much money, we should be controlled by the IEBC by stating the upper limits for those seeking to be MCAs, MPs, and Governors. This will ensure no abuse of the system. I would like to urge Members to consider and pass this Bill. I do not know if it will help in the forthcoming elections, but I am sure it will make a contribution to the electoral processes in the cycles to come. view
• 23 Mar 2022 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 23 Mar 2022 in Senate: With those few remarks, Madam Deputy Speaker, I congratulate my friend Sen. Olekina for bringing these very practical amendments to the Elections Act. We should begin thinking seriously about financing ourselves. It recommends that we raise our money locally. The way Kenyans are used to raising money for schools, our sick people to go overseas, or to support families in view
• 23 Mar 2022 in Senate: and things like that, we can raise funds locally and run our own elections. By this, we do not have to be guilty and not standing firm because somebody outside there supported your election. I commend this to Members. I second. view
• 22 Mar 2022 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I beg to lay the following Papers on the table of the Senate today, 22nd March, 2022. Report of the Auditor-General on the financial statement of Kericho County Assembly Staff Car and Mortgage Fund for the year ended 30th June, 2018. Report of the Auditor-General on the financial statement of Kericho County Assembly Staff Car and Mortgage Fund for the year ended 30th June, 2019. Report of the Auditor-General on the financial statement of Baringo County Assembly Catering and Health Services Scheme Fund for the year ended 30th June, 2020. Report of the Auditor-General on ... view