Anthony Mutahi Kimaru

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I stand to support this Motion more so because in my own constituency, last week, we had to bury a girl who was only ten years old. This girl was raped and strangled by a pervert in the village and I know her case is not isolated. There are so many other cases of a similar nature all over the country. I think the main problem is not so much cultural behavour but it is how we deter it. When very light sentences are meted out, I do not think the perverts will think that it ... view
• 6 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: We have had so many of them go to court. On the standards of establishing whether a rape was committed or not, we have some stone-age standards. For example, medical practitioners will say that the hymen did not seem to have been broken in the recent past. I do not know whether that justifies that particular rape at that time. It could be that the hymen was broken sometime back by another rapist and then another rapist adds onto the injury that was caused before. view
• 6 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I think we must also try to modify our laws so that we allow a law against statutory rape. When I talk of statutory rape, a person who is below the age of consent should never be taken to have given any consent. We need to fine tune our laws such that any person who defiles a child faces the full consequences. There is no way it can be accepted that a minor can give consent. view
• 6 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: So, as I support this Motion, and being cognisant of the need of other people to contribute, I would urge Mheshimiwa Fatuma that maybe we follow it up with reinforcing the law that is there. We have a law maybe on statutory rape where any person having sex with a minor will have to face the full consequences of the law. In the past, people who defiled minors got lighter sentences. 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
• 6 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 29 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I believe that by the foregoing, we have got a glimpse of some of the underlying currents; constitutionality being one of them and also the respect of the institution of the court. It is my humble view that by invoking Standing Order 96, the Committee will be given an opportunity to go back and address those grey areas that seem to be coming up quite rapidly. Some of them we cannot say are idle. Some of them are not idle, indeed, and, therefore, they need to be addressed. I support the spirit of the Motion but, again, I ... view
• 29 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: We cannot in the same breath contend that we are protecting the Constitution while on the other hand fragrantly also not respecting the very tenet of that very Constitution. I am sure there is an opportunity for the Committee to go back and fine tune this report to what would be acceptable constitutionally and even as Parliament, let us not seem to overturn the rulings of courts. What are we inviting in that instance? Are we not inviting anarchy of sort or a strange set of constitutionalism? view
• 29 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I would recommend, going by Standing Order 96, the Motion be adjourned so that the Committee has an opportunity to revise that Motion. It is not enough for you to write a report that is not implementable. I think in legal parlance you say that it is an exercise in futility. We do not want to take a lot of time to engage in such an exercise. But I am sure we can come up with something else that will be acceptable, implementable and, indeed, dignified. Thank you. view
• 24 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Bill. Going by our historical background, many people have come to Parliament, whose ability I cannot undermine to represent the people, but whenever they went into the campaign field, those who had more money had an advantage over those who did not have much money. I have had to postpone my political ambitions time and again because each time elections were held, I thought I could put my best foot forward, but most of the time, I did not have enough money to go through the campaigns. In ... view
• 24 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: did. Somebody would give Kshs1 million and then go out to make as much as possible so that next time, they would have more. Every weekend, they would have something to give out in the villages. Again, this would not be put to very good use. The people who received the money did not take it seriously and it did not matter to the people who gave such donations. They could do it again and again. view