William Kipkiror

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1561 to 1570 of 1616.

• 30 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: The document before us now is a document that has undergone a process where the two organs of the review, that is the Committee of Experts and the Parliamentary Select Committee, have been able to come up with this draft Constitution. I would like to quote Martin Luther King who said: “The full measure of man is not where he stands at the time of comfort. It is where he stands at the time of challenge and controversy”. In our country today, we are faced with a challenge; the challenge to give Kenyans a new Constitution. This House should stand ... view
• 30 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: There are a number of areas I would like to commend. One is the area of devolution. Devolution is the basis that we need to introduce in this Constitution; devolution of both power and economic resources for our people. I would like to call upon hon. Members to support devolution so that we have a three-tier Government; view
• 9 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we will issue the Ministerial Statement on Wednesday, next week. I say so because of the nature of consultations we need to undertake with KACC and so on. So, Wednesday will be okay for us. view
• 9 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I will give the Minister Statement on Thursday, next week. view
• 9 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: It is true I will be able to give the statement tomorrow in the afternoon. view
• 19 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, I beg to reply. (a) The Judiciary is aware that the whole of North Eastern Province lacks High Court Station. (b) To address this, the Garissa Magistrate has been gazetted as a High Court sub registry. The station has also been identified among others for the construction of a High Court under the Judiciary Performance Improvement Project (JPIP) to be funded by the World Bank. This will be done as soon as funding negotiations are finalized view
• 19 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to agree with my colleague here that it is very unfair that the Kenyan people in northern Kenya are unable to access the High Court. Because the Government has realized this unfortunate situation, they are now saying that there are funds to put up a High Court in Garissa. It is, indeed, a very unfortunate situation. I want to say that there are serious steps which are being undertaken and very shortly, we will be putting up a High Court in Garissa. view
• 19 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am informed that in the next six months or so, we are going to begin construction of the High Court in Garissa. view
• 19 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the proposal by my learned senior is, indeed, a good one. I want to promise that we will consider, as a Ministry, if that can be pursued. view
• 19 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this financial year, Kshs462 million was set aside for constructing High Courts and I cannot specifically state the specific figure for this particular project. I will try and establish that fact and pass this information on to my colleague. view