Ekwee David Ethuro

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: I just want to also agree with hon. Shebesh’s comments to the Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs. I hope he does not disappear, especially when he brings procedural Motions to reduce the publication period of Bills, without even an explanation. I think you owe it to us, Minister. Just the way we support all the Bills and procedural Motions that you bring here, it is only fair that we do business with the urgency that we started with. view
• 2 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, like other contributors, I wish to say that the reason we are having a supreme court is to ensure that we inspire confidence in the judiciary. We come from a background, especially from the last elections and may be even previously, where it was difficult to serve a sitting President. We scaled it up to where an important section of this society decided that, in an election dispute/petition, which is well pursued in Clause 12, that they had no confidence in the Judiciary. Once citizens start having no confidence in the institutions of the Republic, then ... view
• 2 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, unfortunately for me, as this country talks about the Supreme Court, I talk about access to justice. There is only one court sitting in Lodwar, which does not have any seniority. They have to go all the way to Lokichogio, Lokitang, and Lokichar. Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs, you have a police station. The CID does not have a local interpreter. You wonder when you have the local people appearing before courts, which language would they use? How does the CID investigate? So, while I support this Bill, you should also ensure that ... view
• 2 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, lawyers have talked of great quotes. But none of them seem to be coming from our Judiciary. I want at this moment, for us to reflect on one, Sir Good Marshall, who came here to defend our freedom fighters and rose to become one of the Justice in the Supreme Court of America. In the same American Supreme Court in 1954, there was a case on whether discrimination against schools on the basis of colour is important or not. The Supreme Court of America made a ruling, which is being played out in a very good ... view
• 2 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I will also invoke Section 56 of the Constitution on the affirmative action that the Supreme Court will be the arbiter of justice. We have Members of this House taking us to court because we are applying the law on poverty index according to the CDF. But justice will be dispensed to people who for a long time--- Even that law was not applied. For two years they enjoyed all the goodies. Even when we are rectifying the situation without seeking for the arrears, they still have the audacity to take us to court, because they ... view
• 2 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, as I conclude, there are issues of disappearing court files, bribery and looking for a judge that is nice to you, and not going to court. I expect these issues will be handled by the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court will not only be dealing with the administration of that particular court, but the Chief Justice sitting in it will also oversee the performance of the entire judiciary. In fact, the Chief Registrar’s job will be to ensure the rest of the performance is good. I really expect that this country will rise to occasion. This ... view
• 2 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Minister, you realize that even as we talk about the Budget, the Executive does not appreciate that there is a new Constitution with Article 221 where we are expected to produce something. We are glad that you are responding. But we hope that you will be proactive. We are not going to wait for people to breach the Constitution. The Executive itself will be proactive to look at all the other arms of Government and branches to ensure that every institution plays its roles and that the new Constitution is subscribed to. view
• 2 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I hope that in the next general election, irrespective of the outcome, I will be so confident of our justice institution that I will not have to kill somebody or call for mass action or go to the streets to protest. I hope that I will be confident enough to go to court, knowing that I will get justice in the shortest time possible. view
• 2 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: With those remarks, I beg to support. view
• 31 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to seek a Ministerial Statement from the Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security. Last week, once again, raiders attacked my villages of Lobei and Kotaruk simultaneously. This follows the raid that took place at Todonyang. What I would like the Minister to respond to in that Statement is to determine the number of animals that were taken away, the number of fatalities and how many people were displaced. view