William Kipkiror

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 30 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, is the Member in order to allege and mislead the House that the Government was arming civilians yet the NPRs are provided for under the Police Service Act? view
• 25 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: view
• 25 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs on Sessional Paper No.2 of 2018 on the National Ethics and Anti-Corruption Policy laid on the Table of the House on Wednesday, 26th June 2019, and further adopts the Sessional Paper No.2 of 2018 on the National Ethics and Anti-Corruption Policy. Sessional Paper No.2 of 2018 on the National Ethics and Anti-Corruption Policy from the office of the Attorney-General and Department of Justice was laid on the Table of the House on The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. ... view
• 25 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: 22nd November 2018 and thereafter committed to the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs to report back to the House. We concluded and tabled our Report on the Floor of the House. The policy was developed in response to a directive by the President during the second State of the Nation Address in Parliament in 2015 in which he denounced corruption and directed that the office of the Attorney-General develops a legislative and policy framework for fighting corruption to ensure success. As I address this House, we know the situation the country is currently in with regard to the ... view
• 25 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: It seeks to streamline and harmonise the existing laws, regulations, policies and institutional arrangements to enhance efficiency in the fight against corruption. view
• 25 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we have the EACC as a body that is mandated to assist the country in fighting corruption, but we also have other agencies such as the Witness Protection Agency and the National Steering Committee on Anti-Corruption, which are under the Attorney-General. We have the new team on asset recovery. All these are institutions and agencies which are regulated by various statutes and regulations. There is need to harmonise all these, so that we do not have duplication of roles. At the end of the day, they may not help us in fighting corruption. The policy before ... view
• 25 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we are not just dealing with the situation in Kenya. Kenya is a signatory to very many bodies fighting corruption. In those countries, the bodies have clear policy directions. What has been lacking in Kenya over the years is a policy to guide us in developing the relevant laws and even in terms of developing the appropriate legislations. The specific objectives of the policy, if you allow me to quickly read because it is important for the House to appreciate all this, is to enhance coordination and synergy of all stakeholders in the fight against corruption ... view
• 25 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you can have all the laws and institutions in place, but political will is critical. Also important is commitment by those institutions to ensure that before they take somebody to court, they have done comprehensive investigation and gathered sufficient evidence that can sustain a case in court. These institutions must take into account all the factors that are necessary. There are three stages in this process. There is the issue of investigation, the process of prosecution and finally, the conviction. Even as we deal with the policy on anti-corruption, unless and until we see convictions arising ... view
• 25 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: The policy is also intended to strengthen the legal and institutional framework for anti- corruption, ethics and integrity to enhance public participation and engagement in the war against corruption and to intensify efforts towards the fight against corruption in the devolved system of government. Devolution was intended to benefit our people in the counties. However, going by the current statistics, you will realise that corruption has been devolved to the counties in a big way. We have seen governors being arraigned in court and investigations going on. This is one of the issues this policy seeks to enable us to ... view