Abshiro Soka Halake

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Jul 2019 in Senate: This Bill seeks to ensure that services are delivered justly by the Commission on Administrative Justice (CAJ). The Bill seeks to ensure the promotion of constitutionalism The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 17 Jul 2019 in Senate: and devolution. Therefore, it is one of the most important Bills of our time. I am happy to note that this House has seen it fit to ensure that we pass it. view
• 17 Jul 2019 in Senate: Among the roles of the CAJ is to safeguard special rights. It promotes compliance of the rights of the minority and marginalised groups in public administration. This complements its duty to ensure protection and promotion of human rights and freedom in public administration. Therefore, this Bill not only seeks to promote devolution and constitutionalism but also to uphold the rights of the marginalised and especially the poor people who usually do not get services. We have poor people who cannot afford to come to Nairobi or go to the few offices of the Ombudsman in this country. This Bill seeks ... view
• 17 Jul 2019 in Senate: This Bill is important because it seeks to ensure that the Office of the Ombudsman provides alternative dispute resolution mechanisms. That is important since not everybody can access justice because our courts are expensive. Sometimes cases take long, therefore, denying justice to the people that most need it. Having the Office of the Ombudsman devolved to the 47 counties is not just cascading work but it will ensure that we strengthen mechanisms for alternative dispute resolution. view
• 17 Jul 2019 in Senate: In addition, the office of the Ombudsman is supposed to enhance capacity building to Government institutions. No wonder, we have capacity gaps when it comes to provision of services in our counties. With this Bill, counties will be protected and their capacities built to enhance service delivery to our people. With the passage of this Bill, capacities of the counties will be built and mechanisms for alternative dispute resolution put in place. Marginalised groups will also access fair and justice services on time. view
• 17 Jul 2019 in Senate: The mandate of the office of the Ombudsman is to give advisory opinion and make recommendations. The CAJ also makes recommendations on legal policy or administrative measures to address specific concerns. The recommendations may be published or kept confidential. Therefore, our people will get legal policy or administrative services right where they need them in the counties. Therefore, this Bill will mitigate risks of our counties not being centres of service provision that our people need. These are some of the issues that the Bill seeks to address in terms of provision of legal services and mechanisms for alternative dispute ... view
• 17 Jul 2019 in Senate: This Bill is timely. It seeks to address maladministration or malpractices as a result of delaying services, inaction, inefficiency, ineptitude, discourtesy and non- responsiveness of some officers working in public institutions, not just at the county level but also at the national level. Issues of conduct and integrity have also been taken care of. The CAJ will investigate improper conduct, abuse of power and misbehavior in public service. view
• 17 Jul 2019 in Senate: Provision of such services at the county level cannot be gainsaid. Therefore, we should support this Bill. As protectors of counties and county governments as enshrined in Article 96 of our Constitution, we should support this Bill which seeks to strengthen devolution by taking services closer to the people. view
• 17 Jul 2019 in Senate: I do not want to belabour the point but there are many complaints about inaction by the police, unfair dismissal from work, delays in receiving identification cards, The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 17 Jul 2019 in Senate: passports and pensions, abuse of office by public officers and irregular allocation of land. All these things are dealt with in the counties. If offices of the Ombudsman are established in all the counties, it will provide counties with a framework within which to provide services to people. view