Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2721 to 2730 of 3399.

• 13 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this great opportunity to contribute to this very critical legislation which is within the constitutional timeframe. I do not want to engage in repetitions. I want to say something new. This legislation is to bring into effect Article 51 of the Constitution. When you go to Article 51 of the Constitution, it talks about the rights of persons detained, held in custody or imprisoned. More importantly, if you go to Sub-Article 2, it is where it says that a person who is detained or held in custody is entitled to petition ... view
• 13 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: . “ Habeas corpus” is a Latin phrase and it means a situation where a court petitions. It gives an order whereby a detainee or a person imprisoned appears before the judge to determine whether he or she has been detained lawfully or unlawfully. My contribution is on 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
• 13 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: In this country, we have had many cases of people being detained without having proper investigations. Research has shown that almost 50 per cent of the people behind bars are there not because they are guilty, but because of poor investigations; this goes to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and Criminal Investigation Department (CID). This Parliament has allocated a lot of funds to DPP so that he can hire competent lawyers who can do investigations. When you look at examples of other jurisdictions like England, there is habeas corpus, an Act of Parliament which was put in place in ... view
• 13 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: know many Members want to contribute to this Bill. I do not want to say much. I want to stop there to give them time but, indeed, this Bill has come at the right time. Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support. view
• 12 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, Deputy Speaker. From the outset, I rise to support this Bill. In line with the Fifth Schedule of the Constitution, you realize that this Bill had a constitutional time-frame. We have been very late. That is why we are saying it is long overdue. It should be a wake-up call to the Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee (CIOC). I have just seen the Chairman, hon. Baiya, coming in. It is also a wake-up call to the Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution (CIC), which is chaired by some busy people like Mr. Nyachae. It is very critical because ... view
• 12 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, Deputy Speaker. From the outset, I rise to support this Bill. In line with the Fifth Schedule of the Constitution, you realize that this Bill had a constitutional time-frame. We have been very late. That is why we are saying it is long overdue. It should be a wake-up call to the Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee (CIOC). I have just seen the Chairman, hon. Baiya, coming in. It is also a wake-up call to the Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution (CIC), which is chaired by some busy people like Mr. Nyachae. It is very critical because ... view
• 12 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: with disabilities must be involved. The gender issue must be there. It is important that, as we put this in place, it is operationalised as soon as possible. When you look at the issues of promotions in line with Article 232 of the Constitution, you will find some people in the Public Service being promoted because, maybe, they come from a specific community like where the President, Deputy President or the Cabinet Secretary comes from. That is not fair. Once this comes in place, we are going to embrace issues of motivation. Those of you who have been reaping where ... view
• 12 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: with disabilities must be involved. The gender issue must be there. It is important that, as we put this in place, it is operationalised as soon as possible. When you look at the issues of promotions in line with Article 232 of the Constitution, you will find some people in the Public Service being promoted because, maybe, they come from a specific community like where the President, Deputy President or the Cabinet Secretary comes from. That is not fair. Once this comes in place, we are going to embrace issues of motivation. Those of you who have been reaping where ... view
• 12 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker I was shocked. Those of you who have not gone there, you can go there and see. The way I was received and the prompt services I was given was unbelievable. I did not give anything. The service delivery was good not because I was a Member of Parliament. Many hon. Members have gone there and their passports stay forever. I want to thank the Immigration Department. I went there personally and explained the dilemma I had; my passport was full and I had to fly outside the country for parliamentary work in three to four days’ ... view
• 12 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker I was shocked. Those of you who have not gone there, you can go there and see. The way I was received and the prompt services I was given was unbelievable. I did not give anything. The service delivery was good not because I was a Member of Parliament. Many hon. Members have gone there and their passports stay forever. I want to thank the Immigration Department. I went there personally and explained the dilemma I had; my passport was full and I had to fly outside the country for parliamentary work in three to four days’ ... view