18 Feb 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to give notice of the following Motion:- THAT, the Senate notes the Report of the ACP Parliamentary Assembly and the 29th Session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly held at the Grand Pacific Hotel, Suva, Fiji, from 10th to 17th The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes
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18 Feb 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to second this very important Motion.
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18 Feb 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I join my colleagues in appreciating and thanking the petitioners for bringing their Petition to the Senate. However, I believe that this Senate needs to take these Petitions seriously. It appears that Kenyans and residents in our counties out there take this House seriously. When a Petition is presented before the Senate and it takes us three, four or five months, to be responded to, it does not augur well with the public. We need to take them seriously and appreciate that people believe in the mandate of this Senate. We need to expedite the process ...
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18 Feb 2016 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Chairperson, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 3 of the Bill be amended by deleting the words “Deputy County Attorney” appearing immediately after the words “County Attorney”, and substituting thereof the words “County Solicitor”. The purpose of this is to harmonize the Bill and its wording with the national legislation on the office of the County Attorney where the deputy county attorney is referred to as the county solicitor.
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18 Feb 2016 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Chairperson, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 4 of the Bill be amended in sub-clause (2)- (a) by deleting paragraph (b) and substituting therefor the following new paragraph- (b) the County Solicitor; and (b) by inserting the word “Board” immediately after the words ‘County Public Service’ appearing in paragraph (c).
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18 Feb 2016 in Senate:
The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes
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18 Feb 2016 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Chairperson, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 5 of the Bill be deleted and substituted therefor with the following new clause- 5. The County Attorney shall be appointed from among persons- (a) with at least ten years experience as an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya; and (b) who meet the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution. The purpose of this is to raise the qualification for the county attorney from five years experience to ten year experience. As a Committee, we felt that it is important to get a very qualified person with the ...
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18 Feb 2016 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Chairperson, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, clause 7 of the Bill be amended- (a) in paragraph (b) by deleting the words “shall have no right to vote on any matter before such committee” appearing immediately after the words “committee meeting but” and substituting therefor the words “as an ex officio member of the executive committee”; (b) by deleting paragraphs (g) and (h); and (c) in paragraph (i) by deleting the word “shall” appearing at the beginning of the paragraph and substituting therefor the word “may”.
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18 Feb 2016 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Chairperson, Sir, I beg to move:- The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes
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18 Feb 2016 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Chairperson, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 10 of the Bill be amended by deleting the words “the Deputy County Attorney” appearing immediately after the words ‘County Attorney’ and substituting therefor the words “the County Solicitor”. Madam Temporary Chairperson, the amendment is to replace “Deputy County Attorney” with “the County Solicitor.”
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