Abshiro Soka Halake

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• 13 Nov 2019 in Senate: (2) The State shall take legislative policy and other measures, including the setting of standards, to achieve the progressive realization of the rights guaranteed under Article 43.” This policy measure is introduced in a very innovative process of alternative dispute resolution that will ensure access and cost effectiveness. It will also ensure that our elders and our traditional systems and mechanisms of dispute resolution are respected, and that our elders are given the relevance, respect and also the utilizations of their capital, which is the knowledge and experience they have gathered over many years. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in the ... view
• 13 Nov 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I have been doing this quite often now, including a few months ago, during the Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations, when I visited prisons in Isiolo. I had view
• 13 Nov 2019 in Senate: 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
• 13 Nov 2019 in Senate: a bit of a concern around Sen. Faki’s assertion, that rapists were being held and the people that they raped are continuing with their lives; that is how it should be. May be it is my Kiswahili language that let me down. I was in Isiolo prison. I saw a young lady with her baby, who was two months old, waiting for her hearing. She said that she bought a goat which had apparently been stolen. Instead of the community siting together and deciding whose goat it was, who sold it and what happened, we found ourselves in a situation ... view
• 13 Nov 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when people are fined or jailed, those fines do not really benefit the complainant. Yes, they benefit the State, which is okay, because it serves us. For instance, if somebody has stolen your animals, they do not return them if you take them to court; they only pay a fine. That fine does not come directly to the person whose animals were stolen. This is, therefore, a very timely Bill, and I am in support of it. I had a worry around confidentiality, and through the mediation process, that worry has been taken care of under ... view
• 13 Nov 2019 in Senate: What I like the most in this Bill is Part IV, which is the traditional dispute resolution mechanism. In the traditional mechanisms, cases like rape should never be taken so lightly as to give some two cows or three goats for the person to go scot-free. Therefore, let us be careful what we are subjecting to the traditional dispute resolution mechanisms, because we know that underage marriages or rapes have been sanitised through some of these traditional methods. We have to be very careful so as not to legalise something that would, perhaps, not be beneficial to our young girls ... view
• 13 Nov 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I respect traditional mechanisms. I know what our elders have done for us. For example, the Borana Community have a very robust system called the gada system, which is almost a governance structure in itself. I have a lot of respect for it. If we apply these traditional methods or alternative mechanisms of dispute view
• 13 Nov 2019 in Senate: 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
• 13 Nov 2019 in Senate: resolution to the letter, we will see a lot of changes in the way we solve disputes in this country. view
• 13 Nov 2019 in Senate: The recourse to court, recognition and enforcement of settlement agreements is well taken care of. This is very timely, and it is about time we started to innovate. This is a very innovative Bill. The transitional clauses are reasonable. I support this Bill and look forward to other innovations in our legislative process, such as this that Sen. Kasanga has continued to bring to this House. view