William Kipkiror

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 421 to 430 of 1616.

• 22 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: I want to move faster, in PART III, Clause 8 provides for the qualification for appointment as a Member of the Commission under Article 127. Clause 9 of the Bill provides for the qualification and procedure of appointment of Members of the Commission who are non- The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 22 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Members of Parliament as per Article 127(2) (d) of the Constitution. Clause 10 sets out the procedure for the removal from office of Members of the Commission which includes Petitions. Clause 11 is very important. I want to encourage Members that when they get the Report of the Committee, they should focus on this clause. It sets out further functions of the Commission in addition to the functions set out in Article 127(6) of the Constitution. Allow me because I want to make this issue very clear to Members to refer to the Constitution Article 127(6)(a). The Commission is responsible ... view
• 22 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Clause 12 provides for the powers of the Commission as a body corporate. I now want to move to Clause 16. It provides for the role of the Secretary to the Commission which includes preparation, planning, facilitating meetings of the Commission as well as record keeping. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 22 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Part IV deals with the clerks and officers. Clause 17 sets out the qualifications offered for appointment of the clerks of each House, pursuant to Article 128 of the Constitution. It includes experience, knowledge and understanding of the parliamentary practices and procedures. This will be coming out when we go to the Third Reading of this Bill. If you look at the other constitutional commissions and the Act of Parliament which regulates the same, every CEO... In this case we have the Clerks of the two Houses, who have no term limit of service. If you see the current law, ... view
• 22 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: approve those regulations, just like we are doing it currently, is the Committee on Delegated Legislation so that if there are issues of concern raised by our leadership of the House, we are able to deal with them through the regulations. Those are the provisions which are envisaged in Clause 46. There is another serious problem. Clause 48 of the Bill seeks to entitle Members of Parliament to diplomatic passports, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 25 of the Kenya Citizenship and Immigration Act, 2011. I will spend a little time here. I want my colleagues to know that Section 25 ... view
• 22 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: as to the conduct of the business and affairs of the Commission and the Third Schedule deals with the oath or affirmation of office. In conclusion, this Bill is necessary for the reasons I have given. Secondly, this Bill, does not – contrary to what has been in the newspapers for the last three days - enable Parliament to wake up one morning and start allocating cars, houses or medical schemes to Members. It sets the law and gives powers to the Commission, in addition to the powers which are given to the SRC in law, to make certain facilities ... view
• 20 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I wish to support this Bill. After its First Reading, it was committed to the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. Pursuant to the provisions of Article 119 of the Constitution, we were able to invite the public to give written memoranda on this very important Bill. I would like to very briefly inform the House that my submissions are very important because it is important for this House to know what the Kenyan people’s views about this Constitution (Amendment) Bill are. We went across the country and public hearings took place in Nairobi, Machakos, ... view
• 20 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: pass this Bill so that we have our rating in the region raised to take the position that we are always known for. Kenya’s image globally, in terms of women representation in Parliament, was not good. The Eighth Periodic Report by the Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women in November 2017 observes: “The Committee is concerned seven years after the adoption of the new Constitution, the rule that no more than two-thirds of the elective public bodies are not to be of the same gender is still not implemented.” Another critical point that this House should note is that ... view
• 15 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the House: The Report of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs on its consideration of the Parliamentary Service Bill, 2018 (National Assembly Bill No. 6 of 2018). Let me request Members to obtain copies of the Report from the Table Office so that they are able to go through it in preparation of the debate in Second Reading. view
• 15 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I confirm that this amendment requires further consultations with the stakeholders. I agree with the Leader of the Majority Party that this be deleted and we have no objection to that. We have already consulted and it is in order. view