William Cheptumo Kipkiror was elected as MP of the Baringo North constituency in 2007. He also served as Assistant Minister of Justice, National Cohesion & Constitutional Affairs.
11 Oct 2017 in National Assembly:
Hon. Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 2 of the Bill be amended by deleting the proposed definition of “chairperson” and substituting therefor the following new definition—
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11 Oct 2017 in National Assembly:
“Chairperson” means the chairperson of the Commission appointed in accordance with Article 250(2) of the Constitution or the vice-chairperson or a Member of the Commission when discharging the functions of the chairperson.”
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11 Oct 2017 in National Assembly:
The rationale of this amendment is that we need to align the definition of the term “chairperson” with the definition in other statutes passed by this House relating to other constitutional commissions. This is the only commission where the definition of the chair is not encompassing the vice chairperson or any other member who can be appointed by members of the commission. That is the basis of this amendment. That is the justification.
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11 Oct 2017 in National Assembly:
Hon. Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting Clause 3 and substituting therefor the following new Clauses— Amendment of 3. The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission Act, 2011 section 7A of is amended in section 7A by inserting the following new subsections No.9 of 2011. immediately after sub-section (3) —
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11 Oct 2017 in National Assembly:
“(4) Whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of the chairperson, the vice-chairperson shall act as the chairperson and exercise the powers and responsibilities of the chairperson until such a time as the chairperson is appointed.
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11 Oct 2017 in National Assembly:
(5) Where the positions of chairperson and vice-chairperson are vacant, a member elected by members of the Commission shall act as the chairperson and exercise the powers and responsibilities of the chairperson until such a time as the chairperson is appointed.
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11 Oct 2017 in National Assembly:
(6) The provisions of section 6(1) shall not apply to the vice- chairperson or a member acting as chairperson under this section”. Insertion of a new 3A
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11 Oct 2017 in National Assembly:
Hon. Chairman, I beg to move:
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11 Oct 2017 in National Assembly:
THAT, Clause 6 of the Bill be amended —
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11 Oct 2017 in National Assembly:
(a) in paragraph (a) by deleting the words “and manually transmit” and substituting therefor the words “transmit and physically deliver”; (b) in paragraph (b) by deleting the proposed new subsection (1D) and substituting therefor the following new subsections—
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