Dalmas Otieno

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Entries 101 to 110 of 321.

• 7 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I know what Hon. Millie Odhiambo and Hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi wanted me to speak about. The Bill is good but there is no provision that will address transformation, attitude change and performance in the High Court. As it is now, it provides for business as usual in the High Court and the only recourse you have is to appeal. You have to go to the Court of Appeal and then the Supreme Court. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as you know, those are very expensive processes. For your appeal to make sense, you even need ... view
• 7 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: that we should constitute another vetting of magistrates or judges board to weed out the rotten eggs from the system. This has to be a continuous process. There is no provision here under which the Chief Justice will do it. It had better be done by law. Unfortunately, the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs is not here. He should pick this up and draft the right amendment under Clause 29 which provides for the review. If anything, it should not be that he oversees. view
• 7 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Clause 29 should not just provide that the Principal Judge shall oversee the implementation of performance management. No. There has to be a performance review committee within the High Court that would report to the Principal Judge and the Chief Justice their continuous evaluation and monitoring, including the continuous personal development of the judges. We have some average judges who are comfortable to be judges up to age 70 years and they are making no more effort to do a better job at the Bench. There has to be an administrative unit that will enforce change of attitude, enhance performance, ... view
• 26 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The matter to me appears straightforward. We have Standing Orders that allow the Speaker to review his own decisions. In this case the Standing Orders failed to give the manner in which an aggrieved Member needs to move the Speaker to exercise that discretion. It was our experience for the first time yesterday when a wild protest drew your attention to the existence of the opportunity for a review. The Standing Order does not provide for the manner in which you may be moved to exercise your discretion; it does not provide for the period within ... view
• 20 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Let me thank Hon. Kaluma for giving me the opportunity just to register my support for this good quality amendment to the Constitution. I support all the three parts. As you know, there are also good and bad judgements in the judicial process. Where there is a bad judgement, there is an appeal process through which it is corrected. There may also be good and bad laws passed by this House. Where there is any bad law, there is opportunity again for the House to amend the laws which it had made. I wish ... view
• 20 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: appear before any of our committees with your lawyers so that our judgement, as Members, should be as good as the judgement of any other organ in the Executive or in the Judiciary. Of course, what we may need to mention is that Members, in moving this amendment, should be sure that the quality of their deliberations and attendance of proceedings in committees and in the Chamber should be high. In fact, even the educational requirements must go up and maybe vetting will be required in future if Members are not careful in supporting this amendment. With regard to the ... view
• 19 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, with my credit management experience I have a lot of difficulties with this clause. Where is the Board going to get documentary evidence to decline giving loan? Secondly, why the discrimination between students under the parallel degree programme and Government-sponsored students? Why are we guaranteeing in law that there will always be Government-sponsored students? In future the policy of Government sponsorship will disappear, and students will be admitted by boards of respective universities. Honestly, we are giving responsibility to the board that is very difficult to discharge. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is ... view
• 19 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: First, is the discrimination that you must be Government-sponsored and second it is automatic to get it. Then, why is it a loan application? It will cease to be an application with particulars which can be used for recovery in future, because you are asking that this process be automatic the moment you apply. So, the whole clause, I think, is misadvised and I oppose it. view
• 6 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, this amendment adds value. Leaving it to the Cabinet Secretary to make decision from time to time without having to come back to the House for amendments is a good idea. So, the revised amendment by Hon. Nassir adds value to this legislation. I support. view
• 5 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker. view