William Kipkiror

All parliamentary appearances

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• 14 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: On memoranda from the public, this is also very important. We have just discussed about public participation. We are impressed that there was no memorandum objecting to the nomination of this person for appointment as the Solicitor General. view
• 14 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: The functions of the Office of the Solicitor General prove it is a very important office in our country. We looked at various items on his academic qualifications, employment record, professional affiliation, potential conflict of interest, knowledge of the relevant subjects, and overall suitability to the position, integrity, vision in leadership and expectations and key priority issues. Allow me just to refer to only two areas which we were able to observe during the vetting process. This nominee holds a Bachelor of Laws Degree and a Master’s Degree. He has practised law for the last 27 years. He is currently ... view
• 14 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: He had not been adversely mentioned in an investigative Report of Parliament or any other commission of inquiry in the past three years. He has satisfied the requirements of Article 77(2) of the Constitution because he does not hold office in a political party. He has never been dismissed from office under Article 75 of the Constitution. He exhibited knowledge and understanding of the mandate and other pertinent issues relating to the Office of the Solicitor General. In view of those observations, as a Committee, we are satisfied that all the requirements or things to be fulfilled for this office ... view
• 13 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I wish to confirm that, indeed, tomorrow, Friday, we will be vetting the nominee. We, therefore, want to table our report next Tuesday. Because of the change of our Calendar as a House, it will not be possible, therefore, to conclude this process within the required 14 days from the day you conveyed the Message of the President. So, it is, indeed, justified. Tomorrow we will continue with the vetting and we will be able to do our report.When we come back, we will table the report before the House. The HBC will allocate us a ... view
• 1 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I wish to confirm that, indeed, tomorrow, Friday, we will be vetting the nominee. We, therefore, want to table our report next Tuesday. Because of the change of our Calendar as a House, it will not be possible, therefore, to conclude this process within the required 14 days from the day you conveyed the Message of the President. So, it is, indeed, justified. Tomorrow we will continue with the vetting and we will be able to do our report. When we come back, we will table the report before the House. The HBC will allocate us ... view
• 28 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to move the following Special Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs on the Vetting of Nominees for Appointment as Members of the Judicial Service Commission, laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 27th February 2018, and pursuant to the provisions of Article 171(2) of the Constitution, approves the appointment of the following as Members to the Judicial Service Commission- (i) Under Article 171(2)(g) of the Constitution: Mr. Patrick Gichohi, CBS (ii) Under Article 171(2)(h) of the Constitution: a) Prof. Olive Mugenda; and ... view
• 28 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: Arising from the vacancies in the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), the President of the Republic of Kenya, pursuant to Article 171(2) of the Constitution as read together with Article 250(2)(b) of the Constitution and pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 and Section 5 of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act, His Excellency the President of the Republic, vide a letter of 9th February 2018 forwarded to the National Assembly the names of those nominees. view
• 28 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: Mr. Patrick Gichohi was nominated to represent the Public Service Commission (PSC) under Article 171(2)(g) as I said earlier. Prof. Olive Mugenda represented the public under Article 171(2)(h) of the Constitution. Again, Mr. Felix Koskei represents the public under the same. view
• 28 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: The nominees for those three positions in the JSC appeared before the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. We were able to consider the issues that are well spelt out in Section 7 of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act, 2011; issues on the procedure used to arrive on the nominees, any constitutional or statutory requirement relating to the office in question, suitability of the nominee for appointment proposed with due regard as to whether the nominee’s abilities, experience and qualities meet the needs of the body to which the nominee is made. These are very critical constitutional issues ... view
• 28 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: to be made by a body specified under Article 171(2)(g) of the Constitution, the nominating body shall submit names of the nominees to the President. Those three nominees, two representing the public and one the PSC were, indeed, forwarded to the President. So, we are satisfied that that provision of the Constitution was complied with. Regarding regional representation and ethnic diversity, the Committee considered the list of nominees proposed for the appointment as members of the Judicial Service Commission and noted that, if the nominees were all approved, the composition of the commission would reflect regional and ethnic diversity of ... view