Benson Mutura Kangara

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I rise to oppose the Bill. I am a Member of the Committee. The reason as to why I am opposing the Bill is not that I support domestic violence. If anything, I condemn it fully. I am more concerned about the process of bringing Bills to this House. We should not be legislating in vain. During our Committee sittings, I raised the issue of public participation in dealing with Bills, especially those which touch on family matters. I saw a few memoranda from very established entities. I saw one from FIDA and another one from ... view
• 20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: should not over-legislate and say that taking somebody to court will sustain a marriage. If anything, when you take your spouse to court, it means that you have reached irreconcilable differences, which you cannot handle. In our marriages, we have dispute resolution mechanisms which we normally follow and they are working. Why should we bring courts in this other institution? Our Chief Justice is on record saying that we should not be taking all matters to court because our courts are already overburdened. They have so much to deal with. He said that we can even seek the services of ... view
• 20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: There is another issue in this Bill which I believe is also unconstitutional and very dangerous, especially to us politicians. If you look at Clause 6(3) it says: “A police officer may without a warrant, arrest and prefer charges against any person”. I believe that is in the Constitution. If I can read Clause 6(3)(c) it says “…is committing a breach of the peace or the police officer reasonably suspects is likely to commit a breach of the peace”. If you give the police this powers, we know how police behave in this country. This is ground for abuse. We ... view
• 20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, there is another issue. The good people of Makadara, if you look at this area that we say we can take these matters to court--- Unfortunately, in our Committee 19 Members are lawyers and they think going to court is an easy affair. It is not. Us, laymen, fear those courts, be it you being the accuser or the accused. We should shun courts in whatever form and look for mechanisms for resolving some of these disputes. view
• 20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: I am not opposing this Bill because it is bad but there are other legislations that cater for this. We should not duplicate what is already there in other legislations. If it is domestic violence, it is catered for under the Penal Code. Child abuse is well provided for in the Children Act. So, we should not over legislate on matters which are very vague, especially on issues like emotional violence and economic violence. It is very hard to define some of those things. So, I am asking hon. Women Representative, we love them but as a family, that is ... view
• 20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. view
• 11 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, that Statement is shallow. The issue was about the ban, which is still in force to date. view
• 11 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Vice-Chairman should be clear. What should come first? Is it banning and then coming up with a policy on how to go about doing the business? He has narrated to us what is being done to revamp security, but the hon. Member has raised the issue of the boda boda ban. He has given us Ministerial policies, which have nothing to do with the directive. He should be clear and to the point because that ban is still in effect. He should be open to this House. view
• 4 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: On a point of information, hon. Deputy Speaker. The CORD coalition is represented in the HBC and this decision was taken there where the Leader of Minority Party of the said coalition sits. I am also a Member of that Committee. So, we were properly consulted, we discussed the matter and as the HBC, we agreed on it. view
• 4 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Motion. First and foremost, I want to thank the Members who supported me when my name was floated, and it was unanimously agreed. First, I do not chew miraa and when I joined this Committee, I wanted to know what miraa is. I was very negative from the outset until we were indulged further and I learnt what was involved in miraa . The Committee made site visits to Meru and Embu. I wish to inform the Members of this House that some of the issues that we may ... view