The day Kenyan MPs had to Speak in Kiswahili in the House

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Kenya’s earliest Bills in the Legislative Council

On 21 April 201923 March 2020 By AYES & NAYS

Image credit: Parliament of Kenya It is 1907; 16th August 1907 to be precise. It is the meeting of the Legislative Council (popularly known as the Legco) and the members present are H.E. The Governor (Col. Sadler), the Senior Commissioner (Mr. Hobley), the Land Commissioner (Col. Montgomery), the Treasurer (Mr.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

SALEM LOROT is a Legal Counsel at the National Assembly of Kenya. He holds a post-graduate diploma in law from Kenya School of Law and LL.B from the Catholic University of Eastern Africa. He is a Legislative Drafter with a legislative drafting experience of more than eight years. He holds certificates in Legislative Drafting from the Tulane Law School, the International Law Institute-African Centre for Legal Excellence ( ILI-ACLE) and Royal Institute of Public Administration (RIPA), London. He has been consulted widely on trainings on parliament and legislative drafting, and legislative drafting assignments. He was been part of a team that helped translate Kenya National Assembly Standing Orders from English to Kiswahili and also published more than 30 Factsheets on Kenya’s Parliament. He is a Member of the Commonwealth Association of Legislative Counsel (CALC), Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU) and the Law Society of Kenya (LSK). Mr. Lorot has published three books: Disability: Law and Rights (co-authored with David Teti), Bar Exams and Pupillage: What you are not Taught (co-authored with David Teti), and the Alphabet of Kenya and Other Poems.

Mr. Lorot was the 1st Runner-up Public Sector Lawyer of the Year in the Annual Nairobi Legal Awards 2019.

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