William Kipkiror

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• 28 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: vetting when the nominee appears before the Committee. Those seven days have already expired. The House will proceed on recess on Thursday, 29th March 2018, a day after the deadline of receipt of public memoranda. The deadline for receiving memoranda is 29th March, 2018, which is tomorrow. Because of that, and now that we will be on recess after tomorrow, we will not have sufficient time to undertake vetting of the nominee. It is because of this reason that I move this Motion. Pursuant to Section 13 of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act, 2011, I wish to move that ... view
• 28 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: 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
• 28 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs on the Vetting of the Nominee for appointment as the Director of Public Prosecutions, laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 27th March 2018, and pursuant to the provisions of Article 157(2) of the Constitution, approves the appointment of Mr. Noordin Mohamed Haji to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. In exercise of powers conferred by Article 157(2) of the Constitution, as read together with Sections 3 and 5 of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act, 2011, the President, on 15th ... view
• 28 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: (b) He has 19 years’ experience as a legal practitioner having served in the Office of the Attorney General as a State Counsel and various positions in the National Intelligence Service (NIS); (c) He is qualified to hold the office of Judge of the High Court as outlined in Articles 166 (2) and 166 (5) of the Constitution; (d) He is a person of high moral character, integrity and impartiality; (e) He has not attained the age of 70 years. (2) There was no memorandum received contesting his nomination and suitability for appointment; (3) The skills and experience acquired from ... view
• 28 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I thank you. I move and request Hon. Kiai, who is a Member of my Committee, to second. view
• 28 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I thank the Members for supporting this Motion. For some time now, we have not had a DPP because of the appointment of the holder of this position to a CS. It is very important that we do this approval today so that we can have a substantive DPP. There are 118,000 criminal cases pending in our courts. When the nominee appeared before us, he gave us the assurance that he is going to ensure that these cases are dealt with and that Kenyans are going to access justice. I thank colleagues for this support. I ... view
• 28 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: 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
• 28 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: The justification for the amendments is that the Bill proposes to move the provisions relating to the Office of Public Trustee as a body corporate from Section 25 of the parent Act. We want to bring it forward to the front page of the Bill. This is a re-drafted version of the amendment in order to make proper reference to the Office of the Public Trustee, which is a body corporate and also distinguish it from the office bearer, that is, the natural person. That is the essence of this amendment. view
• 28 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move: THAT Clause 7 of the Bill be amended— (a) in the marginal note by deleting the words “report of death” and substituting therefore the words “consent of a missing person”; and (b) by deleting the proposed new section 6A and substituting therefor the following new section 6A— “6A.Where the consent of a person is required before the appointment of the Public Trustee as an administrator or trustee and the person required to give consent is declared to be missing by a court of law, the appointment of the Public Trustee may be ... view
• 28 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, the justification for this amendment is that under the Succession Act, the beneficiaries of an estate of a deceased person must consent to the appointment of an administrator or trustee and administration of the estate. It cannot proceed without such consent. The Bill proposes to make provision that dispenses with the consent of certain categories of persons such as persons absent from Kenya, persons under 18 years and not of full mental capacity, disabled persons and missing persons. view