22 Jun 2016 in National Assembly:
The Joint Parliamentary Broadcasting and Library Committee.
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22 Jun 2016 in National Assembly:
Yes, Hon. Speaker.
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22 Jun 2016 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, on behalf of the Joint Parliamentary Broadcasting and Library Committee, I have the honour to present the status of the business before the Committee as at today, Wednesday, 22nd June, 2016. In fulfilling its mandate of recommending to this House on matters relating to broadcasting of parliamentary proceedings, the Committee in the month of March this year, tabled its report on the proposed amendments to the Standing Orders of both Houses regarding activities of the media in the precincts of Parliament. The report proposes guidelines on the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information ...
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22 Jun 2016 in National Assembly:
conduct of the media houses while in the precincts of Parliament. This is in addition to the amendments on matters related to public participation, where the Committee has proposed expansion of its mandate to include liaising with the county assemblies on the establishment of standards and best practices in order to enhance effective public participation in legislation. The Committee undertook a study visit to the United States of America (USA) in October, 2015 to apprise itself on the procedures relating to joint broadcasting of parliamentary proceedings and public participation. The report on the visit has been adopted and will soon ...
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22 Jun 2016 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I need your attention on this because I need your help.
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22 Jun 2016 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, as a Committee, we have an issue with finances. As a joint Committee of both Houses, the Senate and the National Assembly, it has been very difficult for us to achieve our mandate because of the two votes that have to be approved by both Houses. As a Committee, we need finances to fulfil our roles. For example, you will find one House approving the said finances but the other House says that it is waiting for the Supplementary Budget to release the money. We have been stuck and unable to move especially on the issue of public ...
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22 Jun 2016 in National Assembly:
Yes, he was given.
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22 Jun 2016 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Motion given the fact that I come from Cherangany where I have seen people suffer a lot because of cattle rustling. First of all, I think the first part of the Motion should be to make sure that cattle rustling is regarded as robbery with violence so that those people that engage in cattle rustling are arrested and dealt with immediately. After that the victims who have suffered the consequences of cattle rustling should be compensated. It is the duty of the Government to protect people and their property, ...
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4 May 2016 in National Assembly:
I am here. I support the amendment by the Chair. As everybody has said, the Bill and these amendments are going to clean up the mess that we have had for a long time. By bringing this, it helps a lot especially with errors such as the names that were not in good order.
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21 Apr 2016 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. What we are being taken through here, is a fight between people who want to show how their political parties are stronger than the others. The key issue is fundamental. What the Leader of the Majority Party has raised here today is a very important issue and we need to take it seriously. We are giving money to political parties. If you look at the Political Parties Act, the one Hon. Chepkong’a read, it says that every political party has a responsibility to bring their reports to the Auditor-General every year. If the political parties are ...
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