Alfred Bwire

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other issue which he has raised, and which is commendable, is about the need for a concurrent social security programme. Many people are vulnerable because of poverty. When we undertook the research, we asked persons who had been trafficked and had been brought back to the country if given the same opportunities, whether they would go back again. Many of them said they would go back even though they knew they were going to be exploited because, according to them, even though they were sexually exploited, and even though a lot of other negative ... view
• 22 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: I think the other issue that was also raised is about children in maternity homes, students abroad and the need for repatriation. There is also another hon. Member who raised that. I personally had an experience with children in maternity homes. I had on an occasion dealt with a child who I was called to help. An American lawyer wanted to adopt a child. When I started the process, I discovered that, that child was actually in the process of being wrongfully adopted because it is only the mother who had died and used to be my client. But the ... view
• 22 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, could I please be protected from hon. Members who are consulting loudly? view
• 22 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to say that if you look at our current Section 214 of the Penal Code, it defines a person as only one who has exited the body of the mother, and not a person from conception. That is why I am saying I am pro-life. I support any provision that recognizes life from conception. Our Penal Code actually provides that abortion may be allowed to be performed by any person, including a mad man on the streets. That is why I also support a provision that does not allow any mad man ... view
• 22 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am actually saying I agree with him that we need very harsh penalties that would include keeping those men behind bars for life. When you castrate them and they are still outside they might still drink the blood of our children. That is why castration is not actually helpful. Finally, I once again wish to thank all the hon. Members. With those few remarks, I beg to move. view
• 17 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Bill which is coming at an opportune time in the country when we are dealing with a lot of cases of organized crime. We have seen in the recent past increased cases of kidnapping, trafficking in persons, drug trafficking and many other cases of organized crime other than the ones of the violent nature that the seconder of the Motion alluded to. It is actually interesting that coincidentally, this Bill is coming at the same time as the Counter-Trafficking in Persons Bill which is ... view
• 17 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: acts at the end, we should punish your criminal acts but not certain activities that do not necessarily amount to criminal acts. Again I would also want to agree with Mr. Wetangula when he says that the Minister has very wide discretions in defining what organized crime is. This again amounts to subverting our human rights as guaranteed under the Constitution. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would also want to urge the Minister that when we are looking at the amendments, let us also include the issue of coercion of women and children to join organized criminal groups because ... view
• 17 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the Counter-Trafficking in Persons Bill be now read a Second Time. This Bill is a Bill for an Act of Parliament to implement Kenya’s obligations under the United Nations Conventions against Trans-National Organized Crime, particularly its protocols to prevent, suppress and punish trafficking in persons, especially women and children; to provide for the offences relating to trafficking in persons and for connected purposes. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would want to say at the outset that I have worked a lot over the years on issues of ... view
• 17 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the Ministry of Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs, the Office of the Attorney-General and the Ministry for Gender, Children and Social Development. Even when I came to Parliament we worked with the Parliamentary Caucus on Children and the Kenya Women Parliamentary Caucus. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I had indicated earlier, it is actually coincidental that we are actually bringing the mother and the child on the same day; that even at international level, the UN Convention on Organized Crime is actually the mother ... view
• 17 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: movements. It must also include very elaborate organizing and it must be for purposes of exploitation. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, trafficking in persons has several facets. It has the human rights facet. If you look at the human rights facet, it deals with issues of denial of the right to life because at times the victims of trafficking end up being killed. It has to do with the denial of rights to movement, denial of the right to liberty and sometimes it also affects our right to physical integrity because a lot of the victims of trafficking are subjected ... view