Cecily Mbarire

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• 15 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: I keep wondering, if hon. Raila Amollo Odinga was the President, would he have left his seat to his Deputy, hon. Kalonzo Musyoka for even ten minutes? We all know he would not have done that. Let us face facts, we have a President who has a good working relationship with his deputy. I want to concentrate on the issue of International Criminal Court. view
• 15 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Why do I want to do that? It is because I went to the International Criminal Court and accompanied the President, for the first time since these hearings began. I wanted to concentrate and understand what has been going on in that court. I want to say this; Having listened to the Attorney General the day before the President appeared before that court, and having listened to what happened on the day the President appeared before that court, I have only one thing to say: there was absolutely no reason for the President to be summoned to the International Criminal ... view
• 15 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: It was pure politics, they wanted him to decline and then they would be able to issue a warrant of arrest against him, but we called off their bluff. I want to congratulate the President for doing that. Two issues came out at the International Criminal Court. One, clearly the prosecutor has no evidence whatsoever against the President. Instead of accepting that they could not carry out proper investigations, they want to push blame to the Government and say that the Government did not provide evidence as required. The Attorney General was very clear the previous day. On 7th he ... view
• 15 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you hon. Speaker for making him know these things. He is still green in this House. I want to say this without fear; we have heard that 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
• 15 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: witnesses have been bribed and intimidated. Those witnesses who have gone forth to say that they were bribed have been called hostile witnesses. We have seen our own Deputy President made to sit in The Hague for over a week, sitting, just listening and doing nothing else. He goes to The Hague to listen to--- (technical hitch) I want to end by saying the following; it is clear that certain Non- Governmental Organizations have been behind all these shenanigans since 2008. We are aware that certain Non-Governmental Organizations have received colossal sums of money to come and coach witnesses and ... view
• 15 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, is it right for the hon. Member to insinuate that I do not care about the over 1,000 victims when I have stated here that several organizations have made the fate of the Post-Election Violence (PEV) victims an enterprise? Secondly, I do not think that injustice to either hon. Uhuru Kenyatta or hon. William Ruto or Mr. Sang means justice for the over 1,000 PEV victims; it does not. view
• 26 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Speaker. view
• 19 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to speak to this important Bill and add my voice in supporting it. view
• 19 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Before I begin to bring my issues, I wish to say something about some of the comments that I heard earlier on. Irrespective of whether violence is meted out against a woman or a man who lives in Mathare slums or a man or woman who lives Lavington, it is still violence. Therefore, domestic violence knows no class. Domestic violence cuts across all the social classes, including the rich, the poor, the young, the old, men and women, and boys or girls. Therefore, as we begin to debate this Bill, it is important for us to focus on the real ... view
• 19 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: First of all, we need to appreciate the fact that the definition of “domestic violence” as we knew it in the past is very narrow. It was defined as “inflicting of physical injury by one household member to another household member.” This definition did not recognise other forms of domestic violence such as physical, sexual, psychological and economic forms of violence. So, this particular Bill seeks to broaden the definition of “domestic violence”, so that we can begin to ask ourselves what other forms of violence exist and appreciate them. view