Thursday, January 19, 2023 At 2:30 P.m. - Special Sitting

Thirteenth Parliament

First Session (No. 030) (254)

REPUBLIC OF KENYA

THIRTEENTH PARLIAMENT – (FIRST SESSION)

THE SENATE

ORDER PAPER

SPECIAL SITTING

THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2023 AT 2:30 PM

PRAYER

1. 1. Administration of Oath
2. 2. Communication from the Chair
3. 3. Messages
4. 4. Petitions
5. 5. Papers
6. 6. Notices of Motion
7. 7. Statements
8. 8. COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

***THE

INDEPENDENT

ELECTORAL

AND

BOUNDARIES

COMMISSION (AMENDMENT) BILL (NATIONAL ASSEMBLY BILLS

NO. 49 OF 2022)

(The Senate Majority Leader)

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NOTICE

THAT, pursuant to Standing Order 258 (1) and 259 (1), the sitting will be a hybrid sitting consisting of Senators who are physically present in the Senate Chamber and Senators who are on official duty outside the country, who wish to participate virtually from a remote location through the Zoom online meeting platform.

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KEY

****- Denotes a Majority /Minority Party Bill

***- Denotes a National Assembly Bill

**- Denotes a Committee Bill

*- Denotes any other Bill

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NOTICE OF AMENDMENTS

***THE INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL AND BOUNDARIES COMMISSION

(AMENDMENT) BILL, 2022 (NATIONAL ASSEMBLY BILLS NO. 49 OF 2022)

(The Senate Majority Leader)

A. NOTICE is given that Sen. Wakili Hillary Kiprotich Sigei, MP, Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights, intends to move the following amendments to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2022 (National Assembly Bills No. 49 of 2022), at the Committee Stage —

CLAUSE 2

THAT the Bill be amended by deleting clause 2 and substituting therefor the following new clause –

Amendment of the First Schedule to No. 9 of 2011.

1. 2. The First Schedule to the Independent Electoral and

Boundaries Commission Act, 2011 is amended in paragraph (1) by –

(a) deleting sub-paragraph (2) and substituting therefor the following new sub-paragraph –

(2) The Selection Panel shall consist of – (a) one person nominated by the Parliamentary Service Commission; (b) one person nominated by the Public Service Commission; (c) one man and one woman nominated by the majority and minority political parties represented in the Political Parties Liaison Committee at the national level; (d) one person nominated by the Law Society of Kenya; and (e) one man and one woman nominated by the Inter- Religious Council of Kenya.

(b) deleting the expression “(2)(b) and (c)” appearing immediately after the words “bodies under sub- paragraphs” in subparagraph (3) and substituting therefor the expression “(2)(b), (c), (d) and (e).

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B. NOTICE is given that Sen. Catherine Muyeka Mumma, MP intends to move the following amendments to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2022, at the Committee Stage —

CLAUSE 2

THAT the Bill be amended by deleting clause 2 and substituting therefor the following new clause –

Amendment of the First Schedule to No. 9 of 2011.

1. 2. The First Schedule to the Independent Electoral and

Boundaries Commission Act, 2011 is amended in paragraph (1) by –

(a) deleting sub-paragraph (2) and substituting therefor the following new sub-paragraph –

(2) The Selection Panel shall consist of – (a) one man and one woman nominated by the Parliamentary Service Commission; (b) one man and one woman nominated by the majority and minority political parties represented in the Political Parties Liaison Committee at the national level; (c) one person nominated by the Law Society of Kenya; and (d) one man and one woman nominated by the Inter- Religious Council of Kenya.

(b) deleting the expression “(2)(b) and (c)” appearing immediately after the words “bodies under sub-paragraphs” in subparagraph (3) and substituting therefor the expression “(2)(b), (c) and (d).

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