Christopher Omulele

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: On the whole, I support the idea of forming this society. However, I want to challenge my brothers and sisters in this House, and those who have the honour of carrying the aspirations of Kenyans in legislation--- Our people have honoured us by bestowing upon us the title of “honourable Members” the moment we are elected and come to this House. It is my belief that dignity and respect can never be legislated on. Dignity and respect must emanate from us from the way we carry out our duties and the mandate that our people have given us in this ... view
• 26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Yes, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Thank you, for that information from the hon. senior Member and the Mover of this Bill. I was saying that, probably, what we need to do is to robustly set out the institute, so that training can become more pronounced and Members can learn more from this institute. Probably, that is the direction we should take. I have heard Members submit that we need to set up stipends for former Members to live decently. The question then that comes to mind is: If we, Members of Parliament, being the cream of society and knowledgeable in ... view
• 19 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, for giving me an opportunity to speak to this. I want to commend the Member for bringing this amendment because we are moving in a direction where we want to resolve issues out of court, so that we do not congest our courts with matters that can be dealt with administratively. This is a good amendment and it will go a long way in having issues that may arise in the course of implementation of this Act resolved amicably. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version ... view
• 31 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, although this Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) proposals provide some interesting and probably some necessary changes to some of the legislations, in my opinion, I think it seeks to alter very fundamental provisions of very fundamental Acts in this country. For that reason from the outset, I would like to say that I am totally opposed to this Bill. I am so opposed for the reasons that we are seeking to change the law as regards the Kenya Defence Forces, with regard to deployment of the forces within the territory of Kenya. We are seeking to change ... view
• 31 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: I will go further: In these proposed amendments, we have proposed to amend the Criminal Procedure Code. We have proposed to amend it and my brothers have spoken about it in complete contradiction of our Constitution. And it is not only the Constitution. In the anchor rights that we have protected in our Constitution, the Bill of Rights, we are seeking to amend it. We are seeking to infringe on the express provisions of the Bill or Rights by purporting to delimit the scope under which our citizens are entitled to bail. The Constitution is very clear. That provision in ... view
• 31 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: requirements they wanted to be provided in the Constitution, were very well advised in protecting that right. In the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill today, we are proposing to take it away. We are proposing to take that right away and hand it to a simple policeman; any policeman to determine who is entitled to bail. That policeman can deny you the right to bail for reasons that, if I may just refer to it--- view
• 31 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, yes it is true we have terrorism. We cannot move far away from the fact that we have terrorism in this country and it is a matter that is vexing all of us but I do not think that it is right for us to take away the right; the presumption of innocence of Kenyans who are arrested by policemen. This is because the right of innocence is very key and the innocence or otherwise of any person who is arrested by a policeman or any other authority can only be determined upon full trial; upon ... view
• 31 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. So, we cannot deviate from the Constitution and hand over that right to a policeman. Because of the constitutional reason and taking away the right of this Parliament to determine whether the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) can be deployed within our territories, it will be prudent to do away with these proposed amendments. Although there are some good amendments, at the moment, I will not speak on them because I am opposed to this due to these very fundamental reasons. Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me a chance to contribute to ... view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you my brother! For those who do not know, he is my father in this Parliament because he also donated part of his larger constituency to me to create Luanda. Thank you! Hon. Deputy Speaker, I would like to quickly add my voice to support this Bill because this proposed law is quite complete in its layout. It provides a complete solution to the issue of climate. It also provides a very well balanced way on how the resources will be applied towards its activation and rolling out. So, it is a good Bill in that it ensures the ... view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. In fact, I was wondering about the issues that my brothers and sisters were speaking to with regard to this Bill. I think some of them are totally extraneous to what is clear in this Bill. I wish to start from the point that this Bill is actually timely. We want to create a central authority, which will be dealing with matters AIDS in this country. I say so because in this country you will notice that people have lost the fear that was in them and was usually associated with the scourge. People ... view