verbatim report of constituency public hearings ... - ConstitutionNet
verbatim report of constituency public hearings ... - ConstitutionNet verbatim report of constituency public hearings ... - ConstitutionNet
30Com. Bishop Njoroge: Ni wega muno. Maundu macio maku ni mega muno. Na niwamaria undu mangihota kuiguika. Thengiumuno muno. Ukorwo ni witirwo wakorwo utariho ri ni uhitukiirwo. Joseph Mwaniki. John Kababa. Samwel Njogu. JohnKababa.John Kababa: Thank you Mr. Chairman, this is the Memorandum from Gikubo Catholic Parish Christians.Com. Bishop Njoroge: Which Parish?John Kababa Gikubo Catholic Parish Christians.Com.Bishop Bernard Njoroge: Please I want you to say on points.John Kababa: The Constitution of Kenya should have a preamble which should have clearly stated its aims. That represent thevision, hope and aspirations of the people of Kenya. The Constitution should have an appropriate heading which reflects itsdocument as a great important instrument as the Constitution of Kenya made by the people of Kenya and for the people ofKenya.Directives and principles of the state policy. It should constitute and have statements which capture the National philosophy as aguiding principle.The Constitutional supremacy. The Constitution must allow not only the Parliament to amend certain parts of the Constitution,but also the majority votes from the Constituencies to be involved by 85%.The Parliament power to amend the Constitution must not interfere with certain fundamental areas such as Basic Rights of thepeople of Kenya. The public should also be very much involved through the referendum in amending certain parts of theConstitution. Any person born in Kenya should be a citizen automatically. Any person of known origin, good moral characterand who desires and wills to reside in Kenya and abide with the laws of the land, can acquire citizenship. Of Defense andNational Security: The President must not be the Commander in chief of the Armed forces for he may misuse the role. TheExecutive must not have any exclusive power to declare war. He must consult the Cabinet.The Political parties in the republic: We should not have more than two. They should be regulated in formation. The partiesshould be funded by the government from public funds. The Executive: The President must have as a minimum qualifications ofacademic, a degree holder, morally upright, sane mind, religious, family man and having no criminal record. The tenure of thePresident must be two terms of each five years.
31The Judiciary: We need to have a Supreme Court above all courts. The judicial officers to be appointed by a commissionselected by the Parliament and other public bodies.Com. Bishop Njoroge: One minute.John Kababa: The minimum qualifications for a judicial committee officer should be a first in University degree in law. The localgovernment: the Mayors and Council Chairmen should be elected by the people directly. They should have a two-year termbeing a council member. The fundamental basic human rights must be observed by the Parliament. The Rights of the vulnerablegroups should be observed by the Constitution of Kenya - Especially the women, the disadvantaged and other groups andminority groups in the republic. The Constitution must observe and control the use of the environment and the naturalresources and also control the pollution of the natural resources and their management should be done by the local community.In the international relations, the Parliament should have the control and responsibility of the people concerned withinternational relations affairs. Thank you.Com. Bishop Njoroge: Thank you very much, can we have your memorandum, the memorandum will go into the record andthere are people who will work on it. Thank you very much. Can we have Samuel Ngugi?Samuel Ngugi: I am Samuel Ngugi. I am giving my own individual views. The electoral systems…..Com Bishop Bernard Njoroge: I want you to present your views in point form because we are going to get thatmemorandum.Samuel Ngugi: On the issue of election, all political parties participating in a general election should receive funds from thegovernment treasury, to finance their candidates and campaigns. All candidates should be provided with security by thegovernment. In order to have free and fair elections, the Electoral Commission should at once nullify all elections held under ahostile environment. The electorates which should start with the civics and elections whereby the electorate would elect theelectorate would elect their Councilors and the Mayors. The electorate should then elect a Mayor and Chairman of theCouncils from the elected councilors. After Mayoral elections, elections of members of Parliament should be held. Afterelections of MP’s the elections for the Presidency should be held.The requirements for the candidates: for the Councilors: They must be literate-that is they should have a minimum of O’Leveleducation. They must speak and write English and Kiswahili languages fluently. They must have diploma in businessmanagement or business administration, and they must be of good sound mind. They must have certificate of good conduct thatis they should not have any criminal cases pending in court.
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- Page 3 and 4: 3Samuel Wanjohi: Kwa mkutano, hawa
- Page 5 and 6: 5ifanywe Katiba. Kwa sababu ukihimi
- Page 7 and 8: 7The Vice President should be commu
- Page 9 and 10: 9tumekuwa tukipigania ili tujue jin
- Page 11 and 12: 11wakuu kwa sababu tunaona ya kwamb
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- Page 15 and 16: 15Com. Bishop Njoroge: Usiondoke ha
- Page 17 and 18: 17Com. Bishop Njoroge: Now, we are
- Page 19 and 20: 19memorandum wanaweza kupeana, Wanj
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- Page 23 and 24: 23Com. Lethome: Mheshimiwa sorry I
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- Page 33 and 34: 33Com. Bishop Njoroge: Okay. Fine.
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- Page 37 and 38: 37Charles Macharia: World Bank shou
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- Page 41 and 42: 41Onesmus Ngare: Not at all.Com. Bi
- Page 43 and 44: 43John G. Mwangi: Thank you very mu
- Page 45 and 46: 45Audience: Tunataka.Keriako Tobiko
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- Page 55 and 56: 55Ghalama: Ghalama ya hospitali na
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- Page 59 and 60: 59Gethi Mwai: Yah. I am doing that.
- Page 61 and 62: 61public servants can be answerable
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- Page 65 and 66: 65have access to places of worship.
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- Page 69 and 70: 69Com. Keriako Tobiko: Thank you so
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- Page 73 and 74: 73Jomo Kenyatta ikawa kuna watu wan
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- Page 77 and 78: 77Com. Lethome: Asante sana Bwana M
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31The Judiciary: We need to have a Supreme Court above all courts. The judicial <strong>of</strong>ficers to be appointed by a commissionselected by the Parliament and other <strong>public</strong> bodies.Com. Bishop Njoroge: One minute.John Kababa: The minimum qualifications for a judicial committee <strong>of</strong>ficer should be a first in University degree in law. The localgovernment: the Mayors and Council Chairmen should be elected by the people directly. They should have a two-year termbeing a council member. The fundamental basic human rights must be observed by the Parliament. The Rights <strong>of</strong> the vulnerablegroups should be observed by the Constitution <strong>of</strong> Kenya - Especially the women, the disadvantaged and other groups andminority groups in the re<strong>public</strong>. The Constitution must observe and control the use <strong>of</strong> the environment and the naturalresources and also control the pollution <strong>of</strong> the natural resources and their management should be done by the local community.In the international relations, the Parliament should have the control and responsibility <strong>of</strong> the people concerned withinternational relations affairs. Thank you.Com. Bishop Njoroge: Thank you very much, can we have your memorandum, the memorandum will go into the record andthere are people who will work on it. Thank you very much. Can we have Samuel Ngugi?Samuel Ngugi: I am Samuel Ngugi. I am giving my own individual views. The electoral systems…..Com Bishop Bernard Njoroge: I want you to present your views in point form because we are going to get thatmemorandum.Samuel Ngugi: On the issue <strong>of</strong> election, all political parties participating in a general election should receive funds from thegovernment treasury, to finance their candidates and campaigns. All candidates should be provided with security by thegovernment. In order to have free and fair elections, the Electoral Commission should at once nullify all elections held under ahostile environment. The electorates which should start with the civics and elections whereby the electorate would elect theelectorate would elect their Councilors and the Mayors. The electorate should then elect a Mayor and Chairman <strong>of</strong> theCouncils from the elected councilors. After Mayoral elections, elections <strong>of</strong> members <strong>of</strong> Parliament should be held. Afterelections <strong>of</strong> MP’s the elections for the Presidency should be held.The requirements for the candidates: for the Councilors: They must be literate-that is they should have a minimum <strong>of</strong> O’Leveleducation. They must speak and write English and Kiswahili languages fluently. They must have diploma in businessmanagement or business administration, and they must be <strong>of</strong> good sound mind. They must have certificate <strong>of</strong> good conduct thatis they should not have any criminal cases pending in court.
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