Amos Wako

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• 4 Mar 2014 in Senate: On a point of information, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 4 Mar 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to inform him that the Attorney-Generals of the Republic of Kenya during the 1970s and 1980s were two or three. We had Mr. Kamere who was followed by Justice Muli. view
• 4 Mar 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Motion read between the 1970s and 1980s”. The first Attorney-General of the Republic of Kenya was Mr. Charles Njonjo who retired in the late 1970s, followed by Mr. Karugu, Mr. Kamere and Justice Muli, in that order. Those were the Attorney-Generals who served in the 1970s and the 1980s. In the 1990s, The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 4 Mar 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the 1990s, the reformist Attorney-General who begun undoing some of those things was none other than Sitswila Amos Wako. He served from 1991 to August, 2011. That is 20 years and four months. That is when the reforms took place during my time. We are here courtesy of the new Constitution which was promulgated when I was the Attorney-General of the Republic of Kenya. view
• 4 Mar 2014 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 4 Mar 2014 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Is the Senator in order to refer to the case of Wallace, when it is the Attorney General at that time, Amos Wako, who facilitated a compensation to Wallace of over Kshs9 million, which was, in fact, also duly recorded in the national Parliament? view
• 4 Mar 2014 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to speak on this very important Motion. On the onset, it is clear to say that I support this Motion. In particular, it calls upon the national Government to comprehensively deal with the compensation of former detainees. I should add the words “comprehensively” and “expeditiously.” What is lacking there is the word “expeditiously.” I do not think that it is true that Sen. Khalwale had forgotten the name of his in-law who was the Attorney- General of the Republic of Kenya. What he had forgotten were the Attorney-General’s during the ... view
• 4 Mar 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the other thing I was a bit concerned about – with a bit of light touch – is when Sen. Lesuuda raised a point of order because Sen. Khalwale said she and Daisy were not aware of what was going on since they were too young. The response of my fellow Senator is that in school, some students are taught history while some are taught medicine. In other words, he was not aware that history was being taught and that these young Senators were aware of the problems that were taking place. However, since he is a ... view
• 4 Mar 2014 in Senate: Please, give me one minute. view
• 26 Feb 2014 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to give notice of the following Motion:- THAT, noting that the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 fundamentally changed the architecture of Government in the country; aware that many people in Kenya including elected leaders are not conversant with the new structure and especially the devolved system, the Senate urges the national Executive to undertake comprehensive, well structured and systematic civic education countrywide on the new system so that the Kenyan people can understand and positively participate in its implementation. Thank you. view