Asman Kamama

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, I plead with my good friend, hon. Member for Suba, to allow us to respond in a month’s time because of the amount of investigations that is going to be commissioned. I want to request that he gives us another two weeks so that we will be able to come up with this report. It is going to be voluminous and also a hot one. 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. I wish to respond to the Statement requested by the Member of Parliament for Mvita Constituency, hon. Abdullswamad Nassir on the alleged upsurge of apparent extra-judicial killings in the country and rendition of Kenyans to Uganda on suspected terrorist acts. view
• 6 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: The hon. Member alleges that the late Sheikh Samir Khan, Omar Faraj, Sheikh Aboud Rogo, Kassim Otieno Omolo, Issa Abdallah and Omar Aburumesia are all victims of extra-judicial killings and he further wanted to be informed on the following:- One, the reasons behind the alleged upsurge in apparent extra-judicial killings especially for persons suspected of having links to terrorist groups without a fair hearing. Two, the steps being taken by the relevant arms of Government to investigate those murders and apprehend those responsible. Three, how and who authorised the rendition of seven Kenyans to Uganda and what the Government is ... view
• 6 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, from the very onset, I want to reiterate that the Government does not tolerate extra-judicial killings. Indeed, any Government officer found guilty of not upholding and respecting human rights as enshrined in the Constitution - which we promulgated in the year 2010 - will be held accountable for his or her actions However, the above mentioned persons have faced their deaths in different circumstances which are under investigations. view
• 6 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, first, and I want the hon. Member to listen because those have been very sensitive issues for quite some time, number one, Sheikh Samir Khan’s body was found along the Nairobi-Mombasa Highway at the Man Eater area somewhere around Voi. Number two, Sheikh Aboud Rogo was gunned down by unknown criminals. Three, Kassim Otieno and Slim Mohammed Nyiro, suspected terrorists, engaged police officers in a shootout resulting, unfortunately, to their deaths. Police recovered a rifle, a pistol, more than 200 rounds of ammunitions and two grenades from the two suspects. Lastly, Sheikh Ibrahim Omar, Gaddafi Mohammed, ... view
• 6 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Government calls upon anyone who has information that can lead to the arrest of the perpetrators of those heinous acts to avail the same to any police station in the country and the same shall be treated with confidence. Following the 11th July 2010 Kampala bombings which claimed 76 lives and left 96 other persons with serious injuries, joint investigations conducted by the Kenya and Uganda law enforcement officers added other credible evidence which implicated some Kenyan suspects. The initial breakthrough in this investigation was based on technical telephone analysis of the mobile handset from ... view
• 6 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Article 124 of the Treaty specifically provides for the arrest and surrender of fugitive criminals within the EAC. Furthermore, the new Constitution states that any treaty or convention ratified by Kenya shall form part of the law of Kenya under the new Constitution. In this context therefore, it can be argued that to the extent that EAC treaty forms part of the laws of Kenya under the new Constitution, the arrest and surrender of the persons in question pursuant to the provisions of the treaty cannot be said to be in violation of the Constitution. Kenya, ... view
• 6 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, that is the Statement. I thank you. view
• 6 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I said earlier that the redemption and the fate of the people who are missing is a sensitive issue in this country, especially in Coast Province. Hon. Nassir was expecting an answer. It is like he knew what I was going to say, but I want to confirm that what the Government did was done within the purview of the law. Like I said, the East African Community Treaty of 2000 allows us to take that direction. At the same time, even our Constitution that we promulgated in 2010, also gives us the latitude to ... view
• 6 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we want to get to the bottom of this. So, I want to kindly ask the Member to ask for a separate Statement on the issue. On the issue raised by the Member for Lamu West that strong believers of Islam are being targeted, I want to confirm to him that, that is not the case because this Government respects Muslims. We have Muslims in very senior positions, namely, the Judiciary, the Cabinet and even in State House, who can even defend Muslims there. So, nobody is targeting Muslims. Those are just isolated cases, which ... view