Alice Muthoni Wahome

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: energy in terms of this appointment. I particularly support this specific nomination because there is a tendency to marginalise women, especially those who are married outside their own counties. Women have no clan or counties; they almost have no names or postal addresses. view
• 17 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: I want to say that we have had previous cases of women who got married outside their maternal or paternal areas just like Lillian, who is now in another community. I say this because this matter was raised in the Committee. Eventually, the Committee was happy because she was very proficient, firm and exhibited a lot of knowledge, eloquence and skill in the public sector. I want to encourage Kenyans to accept women married within their communities. Women are without borders. Therefore, we must stop disadvantaging them on the basis of marital status. I want to thank the President and ... view
• 28 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support the Motion in respect to this Report pursuant to a Petition by Mr. Simon Katee. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 28 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: The Committee has deliberated on this Petition and the findings show that we are in agreement with the Petitioner. There is a recommendation by the Committee that a tribunal be set up by the President to commence the process of removing this Commissioner from office. This Commission has seriously suffered quorum issues. Major (Rtd.) Muiu is one of the commissioners. Under Article 242 of the Constitution, quorum is mandatory among other requirements. Therefore, when he is not present, the vacancy becomes a challenge in the way of moving the proceedings of the Commission. Currently, as stated by the Departmental Chairman, ... view
• 28 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Commission has gone through because of his absence and failure to cooperate or even to show interest in his work. With those remarks, I second this Motion. view
• 15 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. As I said before, this Bill will go a long way in introducing reforms in the Judiciary. I am happy with the arrangement of this Court. Two specific issues interest me. The fact that there is a very clear process of electing the president of this Court is very interesting. Previously, we had this role being performed by the Office of the Chief Justice. Now, once the judges of this Court are appointed, they are mandated to come up with the person to sit as the president of that Court. ... view
• 15 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: factor that continues to dog our courts or to affect the justice system is the fact that in criminal cases, you will find that persons who have been convicted by the High Court or other lower courts stay for very long periods before their cases are heard. You will find that people are serving unnecessary terms of five or 10 years before their cases are mentioned in those courts. We have agreed that justice delayed is justice denied. If one has been convicted and has to wait for more than five years for their case to be dealt with, then ... view
• 15 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Constitution does not reserve or save the provisions of the retirement age as contained in the old Constitution. It is impunity. I say this with due respect to most judges. There is a case where the Judiciary is disregarding the Constitution, considering the fact that the provisions on retirement are very clear. The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) must start exercising the mandate that it has been given. It has been lukewarm in the exercise of that mandate and has failed Kenyans in terms of the conduct of some of our judges. As I support this Bill, I expect proper oversight ... view
• 13 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. It is timely and as you have stated earlier, we are meeting the constitutional deadline. The Leader of the Majority Party, while moving this Bill mentioned our names severally together with my learned friend, Hon. Kajuju. I want to confirm that procuring legal services is costly because you are procuring justice but I have a few things to say about the Small Claims Court. When I look at the local limits described in the Act, it is proposed that it will be established by the Chief Justice but I think ... view
• 13 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: We are coming up with this pursuant to Article 169 but one of the key areas that Hon. Duale was referring to was the fact that there will be no technicalities. We would like to contribute in terms of lack of technicalities so that we come up with a court that will move away from the normal civil procedure and practise rules that become very technical and have been part and parcel of the delayed processing of our cases in courts. Of course, some claims have been lost because of these technicalities and, therefore, I am happy that we are ... view