Cherarkey K Samson

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Jun 2023 in Senate: We believe in this Committee to give us recommendations and policy interventions. In future, where Kenyans are lost, we must take the hardball. We appreciate the fact that USA takes the hard ball when their people are affected. I have given the example of Gaddafi and the Sudan compensations. These are small countries and small economies but they have compensated the giant of economies. view
• 29 Jun 2023 in Senate: I urge the Committee to even go and have a sitting with the State Department of Justice in USA. Let them discuss how compensation can be done. Black is not enough to just write a name. We must get other important remembrance structures. The money that should be given for compensation should even build a structure in this City of Nairobi in remembrance of the 224 victims and the more than 4,500 who were injured on that day. view
• 29 Jun 2023 in Senate: Therefore, Madam Temporary Speaker, compensation should happen like yesterday. I have seen the membership of the Committee and I have faith in it. I would wish to have been a Member but as I have always said on the Floor of this House, all of us are Senators. Everyone has the capacity and ability to serve in any Committee. Sen. Kavindu Muthama approached me and I told her that we needed to also get more people who may want to learn and have diverse history. That way, we can have well-informed and important recommendations for the future. view
• 29 Jun 2023 in Senate: This is a straightforward matter. The Government supported the Mau Mau case. The Attorney-General’s Office has what is called Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA). As a Senior Counsel and Legal Practitioner in this country, the Attorney General should step in and assist the Committee in ensuring that any negotiations that are done through MLA, are at the forefront. We did that with the Mau Mau. There is the issue of Koitalel Arap Samoei whose head was taken by the British and there is no compensation up to now. What we have been having is lip service. I brought a Petition and ... view
• 29 Jun 2023 in Senate: Now that the Mau Mau case was done, let us also be honest with the issue of Koitalel Arap Samoei and the victims of the 1998 Bomb Blast. We need compensation. We have seen the British Government pay other compensations. I believe in the former Speaker of the National Assembly who is currently Attorney-General, Hon. Justin view
• 29 Jun 2023 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 29 Jun 2023 in Senate: Muturi, to lead negotiation through LMA. We are aware of our cordial relationship with USA. The Senate is not trying not to antagonize our relationship with USA. We are just telling them that we have a formal structure. Let them sit with the Ad-Hoc Committee, the Attorney-General of the Republic of Kenya and the State Department of Justice in USA; look at the victims and compensate us. We are not interested in having an adversarial conversation. view
• 29 Jun 2023 in Senate: In the last Parliament where Sen. Osotsi was a beneficiary, the Government committed Kshs10 billion for compensation of victims of human rights abuses. I believe that even as we pursue this matter, the USA should not be the only one paying compensation. We also want the Kenyan Government to pay compensation because these are forgotten Kenyans. I expect that the Kshs10 billion for reparation and victim compensation should be reinstated. This is because we have different types of human rights abuses. Madam Temporary Speaker, at the coastal region, we have enforced disappearances. There are human rights abuses where police officers ... view
• 29 Jun 2023 in Senate: Therefore, we must relook at this Kshs10 billion. We need to re-right the historical injustices. At least, the Mau Mau case has become a standard. It was listened to in London. The Koitalel Arap Samoei victims are still suffering. They were returned to a small area where they could not expand. The Koitalel Clan in Kipsigis, Nandi and others in Suba are suffering. I am sure you know the history very well because you are a neighbour of that region, Madam Temporary Speaker. view
• 29 Jun 2023 in Senate: I challenge this Committee that we can have a Supplementary Budget and push to reinstate the Kshs10 billion. This is the amount that was meant to re-right and compensate for injustices and human rights abuses in Kenya. view