William Kipkiror

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 18 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I will be very brief. Let me give the Majority Whip one minute only. view
• 18 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I want to thank the Members for contributing to this Special Motion. I reply. view
• 5 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the House: Reports of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs on Petitions regarding: 1. The Enactment of the Admiralty Court Act. 2. The Amendment of Section 18 of the Law Society of Kenya Act to vacate the 15 years’ experience for eligibility for election as President or Vice President of the Law Society of Kenya Council. 3. The Amendment of Article 171(2) of the Constitution of Kenya to vacate the 15 years’ experience as a mandatory requirement for eligibility for election as a Member ... view
• 4 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. This is a very important debate in the House. I serve as the Chair of the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee. You referred this Bill before this Committee. We spent substantial time. We invited the public pursuant to Article 118 of the Constitution. It is now mandatory that we should subject all our legislation to the public to participate. Every Kenyan and institution in this country had the right to appear before the Committee and raise concerns on this Bill. It is very sad that Kenyans are being misinformed about the essence of this Bill. I ... view
• 22 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the Parliamentary Service Bill be now read a Second Time: The Parliamentary Service Bill 2018 is an Act of Parliament to first make further provisions as regards the Parliamentary Service Commission and Parliamentary Service as re- established under the Constitution of Kenya 2010. Secondly, it is to repeal and replace the Parliamentary Service Act, 2000 for connected purposes. This Bill is enacted and is necessary for a number of reasons. Before I go to the specific provisions of the Bill, I wish to say that this Bill’s enactment is necessary because the ... view
• 22 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: In addition, all the other constitutional commissions and the dependant offices referred to in Chapter 15 of the Constitution, have also enacted operational legislation in conformity with the new constitutional principles. Whereas this House has been able to pass legislations relating to all Chapter 15 commissions, we have not been able to pass a legislation relating to our own commission as a House. Members will note that even in the 11th Parliament a number of Bills were brought before the House and they were not passed. They lapsed in the 11th Parliament. Now this gives us as a House an ... view
• 22 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Let me very briefly highlight the essence of a few clauses in this Bill. Part I is on preliminary provisions. It sets out the short-title and commencement time of the Bill. In Clause 2, the Bill replaces the interpretation of several terms in the current Act to align with the new Constitution. The Bill proposes to replace the use of the word ‘Chairman’ to a more gender sensitive word ‘Chairperson’. The term “Clerk” is expanded to include the Clerk of the Senate and so on. That is the essence of Part I of the Bill. view
• 22 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: I want to emphasise areas which I feel Members should focus on as we move on with the debate in the Second Reading. Part II is on the Parliamentary Service. Clause 4 establishes the Parliamentary Service as an independent, non-partisan institution of exemplary administrative and technical competence. I think, from the debate of the just concluded Motion, this House should be independent to regulate its functions and even deal with issues of discipline. So, this Bill will enable Parliament to be as independent as it ought to be. This is the essence of commissions established under our Constitution. view
• 22 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Clause 5 sets out the Parliamentary Service values in addition to the national values and principles set out under Article 10 of the Constitution and the value and principles of public service as set out under Article 232(1) of the Constitution. Again, these are not in the current Act of Parliament regulating its functions. So, by bringing all this we are then realigning this with the new Constitution. Clause 6 delegates the legislative powers of the Commission to prescribe a Parliamentary Service code of conduct applicable to every employee. It generally provides for conduct that is expected of officers of ... view