William Kipkiror

All parliamentary appearances

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• 7 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: When dealing with the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments), it is important to note that the amendments proposed should be of a miscellaneous nature. This means minor and general amendment to correct or align the law properly. These are very important points, which Members should understand. When we are making miscellaneous amendments, we should not undertake such amendments that alter the spirit of the law, but just to realign areas which are not properly realigned with the law. That is the essence of that. view
• 7 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: One important thing the House needs to know is that public participation in law making process is mandatory. It is a constitutional requirement that the public must be invited to present memoranda to committees so that it helps the committees to incorporate the views and recommendations from the public in their reports. I confirm to the House that every committee has sections in their reports informing the House how they undertook public participation especially after the Clerk of the National Assembly invited the public through the newspapers to give their presentations and memoranda. The members of public, either individually, institutions ... view
• 7 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: confirmed to me that apart from receiving written memoranda and presentations, they invited institutions to clarify some of the proposed amendments so that we are able to move with the users of these laws. view
• 7 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: As the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, we were alive to judicial pronouncements and High Court ruling in previous judgements, such as Constitutional Petition No.3 of 2016, concerning the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act of 2015, inter alia, in which the court held that when dealing with miscellaneous amendments, it is not meant to alter the law or the spirit of the law apart from what you are aligning. Just to quote, it says that: “It is, therefore, clear that both on policy and good governance, which is one of the values and principles of governance in Article ... view
• 7 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: So, that is the essence of these kinds of amendments. Bearing this in mind, in my Committee, some of the proposed amendments in the Bill are not of miscellaneous nature, in that they were inherently controversial and, indeed, elicited quite some debate. Just to quote a few, for example the proposed amendment to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions that seeks to amend the definition of the term ‘investigative agency’ by deleting the expression ‘Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission’. This amendment proposes to remove the EACC as an investigative agency on behalf of the DPP. This is, indeed, a ... view
• 7 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Among the institutions which appeared before the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs to make submissions include the Judiciary, the EACC, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Office of the Attorney-General, Department of Justice and even the land sector. They gave views on areas which we felt it was good for them to clarify. The laws that are proposed to be amended are those that affect those institutions and it was important for them to give their views. They were able to do so. view
• 7 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: The reports of the various committees, I want to confirm again, contain public submissions on the proposed amendments by the committee and even the rationale for the proposed amendments which are before the House for consideration for adoption. I encourage the Members that as we go to the Second Reading to debate the Bill, it is important for them to refer to the reports which have all the rationale from the committees and the public. This should enrich their contributions in the Second Reading as we move to the Committee of the whole House. view
• 7 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I will now summarise. The other amendment, which is not of the nature of miscellaneous, was with regard to the amendment to Section 4(2) of the Kenya School of Law Act and Section (8)(1) of the Council of Legal Education Act. The gist of these amendments is the liberalisation of the Advocates Training Programme. The amendment proposes that it should not be offered exclusively by Kenya School of Law (KSL). We are dealing with a situation where we want to open the process of training lawyers to any institution that can provide that service. There is ... view
• 7 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: When dealing with the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments), it is important to note that the amendments proposed should be of a miscellaneous nature. This means minor and general amendment to correct or align the law properly. These are very important points, which Members should understand. When we are making miscellaneous amendments, we should not undertake such amendments that alter the spirit of the law, but just to realign areas which are not properly realigned with the law. That is the essence of that. view
• 7 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: As the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, we were alive to judicial pronouncements and High Court ruling in previous judgements, such as Constitutional Petition No.3 of 2016, concerning the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act of 2015, inter alia, in which the court held that when dealing with miscellaneous amendments, it is not meant to alter the law or the spirit of the law apart from what you are aligning. Just to quote, it says that: “It is, therefore, clear that both on policy and good governance, which is one of the values and principles of governance in Article ... view