William Kipkiror

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Oct 2017 in National Assembly: Nullification of 83. (1) A Court shall not declare an election void for non- an election. compliance with any written law relating to that election if it appears that— view
• 11 Oct 2017 in National Assembly: (a) the election was conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Constitution and in that written law; and view
• 11 Oct 2017 in National Assembly: (b) the non-compliance did not substantially affect the result of the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 11 Oct 2017 in National Assembly: election. view
• 11 Oct 2017 in National Assembly: (2) Pursuant to section 72 of the Interpretation and General view
• 11 Oct 2017 in National Assembly: Provisions Act, a form prescribed by this Act or the regulations made thereunder shall not be void by reason of a deviation from the requirements of that form, as long as the deviation is not calculated to mislead. The rationale is that it is necessary to amend Section 83 of the Elections Act to provide that for an election to be invalidated, a petitioner must prove that there was non-compliance with the written law and the Constitution and that the non-compliance substantially affected the results of the election. This is a very important provision. It is, therefore, necessary for this ... view
• 11 Oct 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairman, I beg to move: view
• 11 Oct 2017 in National Assembly: THAT, clause 10 of the Bill be amended in the proposed new section 86A by deleting subsection (2). The rationale for the amendment is fairly simple. This proposed amendment tends to limit the political rights of Kenyans contrary to Article 38 of the Constitution. I do not need to read the constitutional provisions. During the public hearings, the people who appeared before the Committee were very clear. Indeed, the Committee agreed with them that we do not need to limit the political rights under Article 38. So, we are aligning this amendment to the provisions of the Constitution. view
• 11 Oct 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move: THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting clause 11 and substituting therefor the following new clause— 11. Section 6 of the Election Offences Act, 2016 is amended in the closing statement by Amendment of section 6 deleting the words “one million shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding of No. 37 of three years” and substituting therefor the words “two million shillings or to imprisonment 2016 for a term not exceeding five years”. The rationale for this amendment is that initially, the Bill intended to address returning officers and presiding officers. ... view
• 11 Oct 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move that the Committee doth report to the House its consideration of the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 39 of 2017) and its approval thereof with amendments. view