William Kipkiror

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1261 to 1270 of 1616.

• 4 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as it is today, the equipment is configured in such a manner that it should be used within a specific ward, as I have said earlier. You realize that the reason why we went for this equipment was to facilitate registration of voters and avoid transportation of voters from one point to the other. What the hon. Member is raising is, indeed, very genuine because there are Kenyans who would like to go and vote in their rural areas and that is an issue that, perhaps, in the remaining two weeks I will take up ... view
• 4 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, my answer to part “b” was very clear. I qualified that by saying “however”. In fact, in part “b” of that answer, I said that: “We confirm that each registration centre is supposed to undertake registration for 30 days.” I further said: “However, since each centre is not provided with the equipment, efforts have been made now to circulate this equipment within those three polling centres.” or different centres for the case of hon. Koech. So, I cannot confirm to the House that, indeed, there will be an extension of the period but I think ... view
• 4 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, that had been raised earlier and I would like to repeat that, that is a proposal which makes a lot of sense and, indeed, it is going to help us to ensure that as many Kenyans as possible are going to register. I said earlier that I will take that proposal and share it with the IEBC to see if it is possible to reconfigure the equipment so that those of us in Nairobi or elsewhere can register as voters. view
• 4 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the 30 days is not really a creation of my Ministry or the IEBC. This is the law as it is that we have 30 days for registration of voters and I would like to say that--- view
• 4 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think there are two issues here. I said earlier that there should have been registration in all three centres for 30 days but there is a limitation of the equipment and because of that the IEBC has come up with a programme on how to ensure that within the 30 days each centre is able to be served by the equipment. That is what I said. view
• 4 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is the reality the way it is. For every center to undertake registration for 30 days, it must have equipment. That is the only way that we can ensure that every center will undertake registration for 30 days. We have 15,000 equipment distributed across the country. Between now and the end of the process, in my considered view, it is not going to be possible for us to import or acquire additional equipment. That is why I am saying that we should address the issue the way it is. We need to look at ... view
• 4 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as much as I would like to state what the Member would like me to state, I am going to be truthful to this House. The situation we are in demands that we cannot have equipment for every registration center. On the issue of considering extending time, let us deal with the issue before us. Even if extend time, we will still use the same equipment to go round the registration centers. So, extending time is a proposal that can be considered, but it will not guarantee that every registration center will have additional 30 ... view
• 4 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me start with Mr. Njuguna’s questions. He has talked about four machines which broke down in his constituency. Indeed, that is a very common problem in most of the polling stations especially in the first three days. The solution for that is that the Commission has been able to put in place experts who can respond to the problem within a very short time. We also have to agree that those are equipment which ordinarily have problems. It is a very serious issue because the days the machines are not working, then the polling ... view
• 4 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am obliged to take your directions, but I would wish that if my colleagues have other issues which they have not raised in the House now; if I could have those issues today, I can call for a meeting between IEBC and other stakeholders because we want this to succeed. Therefore, I urge hon. Members to avail to me whatever they have before the close of business of today so that I can be able to capture them tomorrow. view
• 10 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to reply. view