William Kipkiror

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 751 to 760 of 1616.

• 11 Oct 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the House doth agree with the Committee in the said report. I request Hon. Kithure to second. view
• 11 Oct 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 39 of 2017) be now read a Third Time. I request Hon. Pukose to second. view
• 11 Oct 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Let me start by thanking my colleagues for the very valuable contributions they made yesterday in the Second Reading of this Bill and also for supporting the amendments to the Bill. Hon. Deputy Speaker, as I said yesterday, as a House, we can now show the country that the amendments proposed to the IEBC Act, Elections Act and Election Offences Act were not meant or passed by this House to benefit Jubilee as a party, but for the good and betterment of our country to realign our laws to comply with the Constitution and to ... view
• 11 Oct 2017 in National Assembly: Tallying Centre. We should be counted as a House which has been brought order and clean-up of our laws. Finally, the amendments to the Act, 86A(4), is now able to clarify situations where you have two candidates in the elections. There was no clarity in our laws if one of them withdraws, but we now have a law that we can fall to. If one withdraws now, the remaining candidate should be declared the president. These are also some of the areas we have been able to bring as a House. Allow me once again to thank my colleague and ... view
• 10 Oct 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, please give me a minute because it was to be brought to me shortly. view
• 10 Oct 2017 in National Assembly: I am sorry. I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the House: The Report of the Select Committee on Election Laws, 2017 on its consideration of the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 39 of 2017). Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 10 Oct 2017 in National Assembly: It is a National Assembly Bill No. 39 of 2017. view
• 10 Oct 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to move that the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 39 of 2017) be read a Second Time. On 1st September 2017, the Supreme Court, with a majority decision of four Judges, nullified the election of President Uhuru Kenyatta. The court further directed that the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) conduct elections within 60 days from that date. Hon. Speaker, the issues raised by the Supreme Court still remain disturbing, especially as we head to the fresh presidential election. As a patriot, a Kenyan, a leader and an elected Member of ... view
• 10 Oct 2017 in National Assembly: referring to those two cases is the IEBC versus Maina Kiai and five others. Equally, another issue was addressed here and it was held that the presidential election results declared by the constituency returning officer are final in respect of the constituency and can only be questioned by an election court. Hon. Speaker, you can see from what I have said so far that in those three cases, issues of concern touching on the election process in the country arose. I said there are well over eight cases of that nature raising various constitutional and legal issues that I could ... view
• 10 Oct 2017 in National Assembly: Yes, Hon. Speaker. I agree and earlier I shared with my colleagues but let me also emphasise because perhaps others were not present. We have enough copies or our Report in Room No.8. So, members feel free to have a copy so that as we give our input in this Second Reading of the Bill, we have an informed debate because there are very important issues raised by the members of the public. Further, the proposal contained in the Report just tabled shall inform the basis of the amendments that I shall move l at the Committee stage on behalf ... view