Alfred Bwire

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: exploitation of child labour. We also have child sex tourism as I had indicated before. We also have a growing concern on issues of illegal adoption. About a year ago, there was a case that was tried in one of the courts in the UK which involved a child who had been moved and taken out of Kenya illegally and had been adopted illegally. The challenge is that sometimes people may be desperate to have children and may not harm them. But when you have those kinds of leeway then you might have situations where children are removed out of ... view
• 17 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, one of the things that has also promoted trafficking in persons is the gender inequality and low status that the society has put on women. Because of this, many of our women are mistreated and become vulnerable to view
• 17 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: persons who want to abuse them. According to statistics, as at 2006, we had 892,000 orphaned children, especially as a consequence of HIV/AIDS, in this country. These children become very easy targets of persons who cannot traffic them out of the country. We also had 250,000 street children as at last year. As I am speaking now, the numbers have, probably, increased; I do not have the figures, but this shows that unless we have a very strong legal framework, we cannot aptly protect our children. view
• 17 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Another thing that may or has, indeed, caused trafficking is the growth in technology; that now through Facebook and other systems, we are able to very easily communicate across borders. There are many children who hide in Facebook and pretend to be who they are not. So many young people meet persons who they think are their friends and not only in Facebook, but other internet chat rooms. Many children have either been sexually abused or trafficked through such ways. So even though technology is positive, it also has its disadvantages that we must also look at very carefully. There ... view
• 17 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other thing that makes trafficking very lucrative is the issue of sale of organs and occultic practices. We might think that some of these things were strange, but we saw very recently in the case of Onyancha who said that he was recruited by a fellow Kenyan. We may not know right now because it may just be a tip of the iceberg, but it might be a ring because in the UK and--- view
• 16 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, could the Assistant Minister clarify why it has taken almost a year to charge the teacher with a criminal offence since it is obvious from his statement that the girl was caned? Whether she was caned on the buttocks or the hands it is a criminal offence under the Act. It is abominable to take that long when life has been lost. That is from May up to now. view
• 16 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the National Integration Commission has already summoned the Prime Minister in the past, so there is no bias. However, I want to take this opportunity to send condolence messages to the families that were affected, especially that of Master Bravo who lost his life through this senseless act. view
• 16 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: I want to say that this is coming at a very opportune time today which is the 16th day of June which is The Day of the African Child that commemorates a day when 600 African children were killed at the hands of governments through senseless killings like the way we are seeing. For that matter, I would want to add my voice to the rest that serious investigative actions be taken, including targeting security personnel. All of us who are speaking here are targeting our questions mainly on a stick approach which is punitive and which I agree with. ... view
• 15 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, is the Assistant Minister telling us that he does not know the meaning of “farm gates”? view
• 15 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: “Farm gate” is just like the home gate. The home gate is the gate that enters your home or leaves your home. So, farm gate is at the entry where one enters the farm or leaves the farm. So, view