William Kipkiror

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• 12 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the House, today, Thursday, 12thMarch 2020: Reports of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs on its considerations of: 1) The Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.19 of 2019 by Hon. Florence Mutua M.P.) 2) The Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.40 of 2019 by Hon. George Kariuki M.P.) 3) The Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.53 of 2019 by Hon. Boss Shollei M.P.) view
• 12 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to very sincerely thank Members for their overwhelming support of this Motion and the two State of the Judiciary Reports of 2016/2017 and 2017/2018. 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
• 12 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Yesterday, after moving this Motion, and also this afternoon, I sat through the discussions. I must confess that Members took time to go through the Reports that we tabled. They appreciated the great steps that have been undertaken to transform the Judiciary. From 2016 to date, the Judiciary has undertaken very comprehensive transformation programmes. But this transformation agenda by the Judiciary can only be achieved when we have enough resources allocated to it. The two Reports very clearly covered the areas we need resources to implement the blueprint - Sustaining Judiciary Transformation Agenda: A Service DeliveryAgenda, 2017-2021 . I also ... view
• 12 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Finally, I would like to say that, as much as we will work hard as a House to allocate enough resources to the Judiciary and actualise the implementation of Article 173 of the Constitution, I also call upon the Judiciary to ensure that, as we allocate resources, the absorption rate of those resources is high. As at now, the absorption rate of resources allocated to various public entities is low. If you look at Government expenditures for Financial Years 2016/2017 and 2017/2018, you will note that the absorption rate is low. Although the Judiciary may have challenges associated with IFMIS ... view
• 10 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you Hon. Chairman. I oppose the Memorandum by the President. The essence of this amendment seeks to provide that in case of default by the principle borrower, then the bank or the creditor should first realise the assets of the borrower before you pursue the guarantor. Kenyans have suffered under this law. What has been happening is that banks, upon default by a borrower, do not bother to follow the borrower but, instead, they pursue the assets of the guarantor. That is the position in our law today. So, this amendment was to protect the interest of guarantors from ... view
• 10 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Therefore, I stand to oppose to protect the long-suffering guarantors from SACCOs and banks. Guarantors should be protected from malicious principal debtors who are able to pay their debts, but collude with creditors who then do not demand repayment from the principle debtor. Hon. Chairman, what is happening in this country… view
• 10 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: I am finishing, Hon. Chairman. We even went ahead to benchmark in other jurisdictions. In Australia, before you pursue the guarantor, you pursue the principal borrower. That is the situation in Australia. This law, indeed, was meant to protect the guarantors who actually genuinely guarantee loans for principal borrowers. It is a justifiable amendment which we need to support. view
• 10 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I stand to oppose this amendment. The mischief that Hon. Kioni is trying to address is the fear that the process of nominations is abused. But if you look at what we recently put in law, before the 2017 elections the names of people to be nominated were actually submitted after elections. But that mischief was addressed, because now political parties are supposed to submit the names before elections. That is part of the way we have been able to deal with the mischief that Hon. Kioni is trying to address. Secondly, I want ... view
• 10 Mar 2020 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
• 10 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I second. view