{"id":49813,"date":"2013-03-28T09:11:56","date_gmt":"2013-03-28T09:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/?p=49813"},"modified":"2013-03-28T16:13:21","modified_gmt":"2013-03-28T16:13:21","slug":"11th-parliament-holds-first-sitting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/2013\/03\/11th-parliament-holds-first-sitting\/","title":{"rendered":"11th Parliament holds first sitting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_49814\" style=\"width: 418px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49814\" class=\"size-full wp-image-49814\" alt=\"The swearing in was preceded by debate over how the ceremony will be conducted and in what order the National Assembly representatives were to be sworn in\/FILE\" src=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2013\/03\/PARLIAMENT3.png\" width=\"408\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2013\/03\/PARLIAMENT3.png 408w, https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2013\/03\/PARLIAMENT3-300x180.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-49814\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The swearing in was preceded by debate over how the ceremony will be conducted and in what order the National Assembly representatives were to be sworn in\/FILE<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 28 &#8211; Timothy Wetangula, the Member of Parliament for Westlands Constituency, was the first to be sworn into office in Parliament on Thursday morning.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The swearing in was preceded by debate over how the ceremony will be conducted and in what order the National Assembly representatives were to be sworn in.<\/p>\n<p>Gem MP lawmaker Jakoyo Midiwo proposed that they should take their oaths in batches of five and in alphabetical order in order to save time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Assuming it takes two minutes to swear in each member of this assembly, it will take us 12 hours to do it. So I think you could follow the alphabetical order, and take us in batches of five&#8230; we still have the election of the speaker and the deputy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Budalangi constituency&#8217;s Ababu Namwamba however expressed concern that by swearing in the members of the assembly en-masse, would deny those elected to the House for the first time the opportunity to take personal pride.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a historic moment for these honourable members; especially honourable members that are sitting in this house for the first time. I do believe that even if it takes us 36 hours, we should proceed and afford them the opportunity to feel the pleasure of taking a personal oath.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the interest of time, National Assembly Clerk Justin Bundi agreed with Midiwo declaring that the members of the assembly would in take their oaths of office in groups of five.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Standing Order number 3 guides us on how to administer the oath but if there is consensus for the convenience of the house, we can go the way proposed by honourable Jakoyo Midiwo.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There are 290 elected members of the Assembly, 47 Women&#8217;s County Representatives and 12 nominated representatives who will vote in a Speaker and Deputy Speaker once the swearing in is concluded.<\/p>\n<p>There are four candidates who were cleared to run for the position of Speaker including the immediate former Speaker Kenneth Marende.<\/p>\n<p>The Speaker will be ex-officio member of the House and although required to hold the qualifications necessary for the National Assembly, should not be from among those sworn in.<\/p>\n<p>The Deputy Speaker on the other hand should come from among the members of the house in an election carried out by the Speaker after he is sworn in.<\/p>\n<p>There are two candidates in the running for the position of Deputy Speaker: Joyce Laboso representing Sotik constituency on a United Republican Party ticket and Abdikadir Omar Aden representing Balambala on a Orange Democratic Movement ticket.<\/p>\n<p>When there is a joint seating of Parliament, together with the Senate, the National Assembly Speaker takes precedence over the Speaker of the Senate according to Article 107 of the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At a joint sitting of the Houses of Parliament, the Speaker of the National Assembly shall preside, assisted by the Speaker of the Senate.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 28 &#8211; Timothy Wetangula, the Member of Parliament for Westlands Constituency, was the first to be sworn into office in Parliament on Thursday morning. 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