William Kipkiror

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1421 to 1430 of 1616.

• 1 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thought that I had answered that question. I think it is important because it is still a very important Question. I said the issue of whether the Chief Justice can be able to rearrange judges and, perhaps, see whether it is possible to post one to that region is a proposal that can be considered. But I said that we need to deal with this problem once and for all by increasing the numbers of the judges to 150 so that we will have a permanent solution to this problem. But still, I would like to ... view
• 1 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 1 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I said that, that is a proposal that I will take up with the Chief Justice--- view
• 1 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me confirm to the House that it is the proposal I am going to consider and take up with the Chief Justice. view
• 1 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, first and foremost, the new Constitution is giving us a solution to that issue because there will be an intention to post a judge to every county. The other issue that hon. Duale has raised is what I have now said that we are going to ensure that the Chief Justice considers the fair distribution of judges in the meantime as we look forward to passing the law. view
• 1 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is true that the magistrate who was posted to Bungoma has a pecuniary jurisdiction of Kshs3 million only. The matters pending in the High Court are matters that are Kshs3 million and above in terms of value. That is why we are saying that the only solution to that problem is to post a judge to Bungoma. view
• 1 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: The pecuniary jurisdiction of the magistrates are again set out in the relevant Act; that is, the Magistrates Court Act, Cap.10, Laws of Kenya. Unless and until we enhance that pecuniary jurisdiction, magistrates will still deal with matters for Kshs3 million and below, and the problem will still arise. So, it is because a judge has not been posted to Bungoma that occasioned the problem. view
• 1 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 1 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, these are people who are qualified to be appointed as judges of the High Court and given powers to be able to undertake matters at the level and with the powers of a High Court Judge. view
• 29 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Article 1 of the Constitution says that the sovereign power belongs to the people of Kenya. When it comes to the creation of new wards and constituencies and the elimination of the same, the IEBC should rely on the will of the Kenyan people. When view