William Kipkiror

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 871 to 880 of 1616.

• 17 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: I support this Bill because the ambiguity which we have always suffered under that principle is clarified in this Bill. Even this House, as you are aware, has been gagged and told not to debate this or that because we will be in contempt of court. So, this Bill comes forth to make it clear to the Kenyan people, this House and to you, Hon. Speaker and Members of this House, so that nobody fears when you are supposed to make a comment on issues because you will have been told the aspects which constitute criminal or civil contempt. view
• 17 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Section 8 says: ―Proceedings for contempt of court shall not be instituted except by or with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions or on a motion of a court having jurisdiction to deal with criminal contempt of court.‖ This is a good departure from what used to happen. Before proceedings of criminal contempt are instituted, the Director of Public Prosecutions will have satisfied himself that, that can constitute criminal contempt of court in criminal cases. view
• 17 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: I support the Bill and as a House, we should do so. I am proud that I am part of this 11th Parliament that is able to clarify some of the areas of our laws which have not been clear, so that Kenyans can enjoy to the fullest the provisions of our Constitution on freedom of expression. They can say what they have to say not being fearful that they will be cited for contempt of court even in cases where they are not liable. It is a principle which has been misused. Even a judge sitting in a court ... view
• 17 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: I appeal to my colleagues that this is a good law and let us pass it. It is going to benefit all of us - you included - because it is going to clarify areas that have not been very clear in our legal system. view
• 17 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I second. view
• 16 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to move the following Motion: - 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
• 16 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: THAT, this House considers the Report of the Committee on Delegated Legislation on the Parliamentary Service (Senate Monitoring and Evaluation) (Procedure for Management of Funds) Regulations, 2016 laid on the Table of the House on Thursday, 27th October 2016 and pursuant to the provisions of Section 18 and 19 of the Statutory Instruments Act, 2013 and Standing Order No. 210(4)(b), resolves to annul the Regulations entirely. Hon. Speaker, the Select Committee on Delegated Legislation is established under Standing Order No. 210 and the mandate of the Committee is set out in Standing Order No. 210 (3)(a) to (q) and Section ... view
• 16 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Standing Order No.210 (1)(2)(3)(a) provides as follows: “(1) There shall be a select committee to be known as the Committee on Delegated Legislation. (2) Whenever a statutory instrument is submitted to the Assembly pursuant to the Constitution, any law or these Standing Orders, the statutory instrument shall, unless a contrary intention appears in the relevant legislation, be laid before the Assembly by the Chair of the relevant departmental Committee, or any other Member, and shall stand thereafter stand referred to the Committee on Delegated Legislation. (3) The Committee shall consider in respect of any statutory instrument whether (this is very ... view
• 16 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Section 24 of the Public Finance Management Act of 2012. Upon going through the Regulations, we noted that the relevant law should have been the Parliamentary Service Act and, therefore, we had a lengthy discussion among us as a Committee. It is important for this House to know that we have a Committee in the Senate dealing with the monitoring and evaluation led by Hon. Kiraitu Murungi and we had a meeting with them. It is chaired by Hon. Kiraitu Murungi and the Deputy Speaker, Kembi Gitura. We discussed with them and finally agreed that they need to reform those ... view
• 16 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: written law, we then have to invoke the Standing Order No.4. It is the Committee’s finding that these Regulations are not in accord with the provisions of the Public Finance Management Regulations, 2015 and are, therefore, in contravention of Section 13 of the Statutory Instruments Act. They are also inconsistent with the Standing Order No.210(3) of this House. It is, therefore, clear that whereas the idea of having this Fund is a noble one and should be supported, it can only be done if it is done in accordance with the law. Our mandate is clear. We are not supposed ... view