Danson Mungatana

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1961 to 1970 of 2307.

• 9 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I support this Bill with those amendments that I will propose at the Committee Stage. view
• 3 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to also make by brief contribution to this Bill. view
• 3 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: May I start by sending my great respect to the two Principals because they brought the country together at a time when it was apart. What they were doing at that time was to respond to what the ordinary Kenyan citizen wanted to hear. At that time, the Rt. Hon. Prime Minister and His Excellency the President could see the suffering of the people of Kenya outside. In response to that, they signed an agreement that brought peace to this country. view
• 3 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Many Kenyans after that have been asking: "What happened to those people who caused me - if I am a victim - to suffer the way I have suffered? What happens to that person who actually executed the act of violence on my house, children, wife and myself?" Kenyans have not had adequate answers to these questions. What happens to those people who have been mentioned informally and now have succeeded and become "big" people in this Government? There have been no answers to these questions. The ordinary mwananchi would like to see this issue resolved once and for all. view
• 3 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have listened very carefully to the Mover and Seconder of this Bill. All this Bill is trying to do is to set up a tribunal. This tribunal that is being sought here is given light in the Act, which is the Special Tribunal for Kenya Bill, 2009. I have looked at both these Bills, and feel very strongly and in good conscience that I am totally unable to support this Bill, as it is crafted. I have reasons for that. I want to urge the House not to support this Bill as it is ... view
• 3 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: This Bill is seeking to set up a Special Tribunal. First and foremost, if you look at this tribunal, it is a huge monolith that is going to set up a parallel legal system in this country. If you look at the Bill that has been circulated, we are going to have several offices created. There is going to be the office of the public prosecutor, office of the defender, office of the registrar, a trial chamber, special prosecution court and an appeals chamber. This is a very big parallel structure to the legal system of Kenya that already exists. view
• 3 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Bill is going to incur a huge cost to the Treasury. If you read at the bottom, on the Memorandum of Objects and Reasons, the enactment of this Bill will occasion additional expenditure to public funds which shall be provided for through the Estimates. Right now, this country is suffering from hunger. If we are going to commit billions of shillings to set up another parallel system and, yet, our people are dying of hunger, is it proper for this House to support that kind of expenditure? I am standing here to say that ... view
• 3 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Then, as I have said, the Bill is seeking to set up a Special Tribunal. Just a cursory look at what is this Special Tribunal. view
• 3 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the proposed Clause 9 is really offending. This is because it says that we are going to have a trial chamber. What is the jurisdiction of that trial chamber? The Trial Chamber's jurisdiction is to try people who bear greatest responsibility for crimes falling within Fe bruary 3, 2009 PARLIAMENTAR Y DEBATES view
• 3 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you read the purpose of this Bill, it says--- I would invite the hon. Member to listen. It says:- view