Erick Okong'o Mogeni

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 Nov 2021 in Senate: However, we reminded him that even our colonial master United Kingdom (UK) and I had just come from UK that time. I remember I was in the UK in October of 2008. I told him even our colonial masters were moving away from that opaque system where the Queen had the last say. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if you look at the chapter on judiciary, it was meant to limit the involvement of the executive on the appointment of judges. That is why the representative of the JSC has two members representing the LSK, two members representing the public on ... view
• 10 Nov 2021 in Senate: with is to say for the heads of the institution, the Chief Justice and the Deputy Chief Justice, we would allow the National Assembly to vet the nominees. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, that is the only window that was given to the political class. So, what was the intention of the people of Kenya? If you read the Bomas Draft Constitution, it was that we should draw a demarcation line on the institution of the judiciary and executive and make judiciary an independent institution. If you read the Committee of Experts Report, it is the same thinking. That we should ... view
• 9 Nov 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, I beg to move- THAT, the Senate adopts the Report of the Standing Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights on the Inquiry into Extrajudicial Killings and Enforced Disappearances in Kenya laid on the Table of the Senate on Tuesday, 19th October, 2021. Madam Deputy Speaker, first, I thank my predecessor, the former Chairperson of the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights, Sen. Cherargei. He did the bulk of the work that is contained in the Report, which we seek that the House adopts this afternoon. view
• 9 Nov 2021 in Senate: The Committee that was ably led by Sen. Cherargei did a lot of stakeholder hearings that culminated into the preparation of this report. All I did was to merely put the icing on the cake. So, if there is any credit in this report, it should go to my good friend, Sen. Cherargei, whom I thank profusely for the good work and effort that he put into this very worthy assignment. view
• 9 Nov 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, extrajudicial killings and the enforced disappearances in Kenya is a matter of grave concern to the people of Kenya, prior to and even after passage of the Constitution, 2010. When this Committee commenced this inquiry, we intended to establish the factors that led to this continued practice and persistence, despite the many reforms that this country has experienced in the police service and the justice sector generally. In the course of our work, we conducted a number of key stakeholder hearings. We spoke to families of the victims of the extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances. We conducted ... view
• 9 Nov 2021 in Senate: (DPP) and the Office of the Attorney- General. We also spoke with a number of civil society organisations, human rights organisations and statutory bodies, including the Law Society of Kenya (LSK). Madam Deputy Speaker, in the process of the hearings we had a number of first- hand chilling accounts of the terror-visited families arising from extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances. Sadly, you will see footsteps of police involvement in a number of these killings. Having had all these sittings and public hearings, this Committee has come up with a number of policy and administrative legislative proposals, on how to address ... view
• 9 Nov 2021 in Senate: Another case took place in broad daylight at 11.00 a.m. at Mama Lucy Hospital in Eastlands, Nairobi City County. A Mr. Daniel Mburu was shot by a police officer outside Mama Lucy Hospital. The good news is that particular police officer was charged on 12th March, 2020. These cases are pending in court for hearing. Again, we commend the DPP for the good action. We have mentioned a number of cases in our report. In all these, we also commend the Officer of the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA), which has done the bulk of the investigations that culminated to ... view
• 9 Nov 2021 in Senate: criminal acts should be arrested by the police and taken to court where the verdict will be passed. We also got another representation from the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR). The Commission gave us a long report of the cases they have been investigating for the last seven years. That is the period from 2013 to 2020. Again, not very good news to this House because this Commission has documented a total of 1,040 cases of people who have disappeared in the hands of security agencies. Now, the sad part is that 80 per cent of these people ... view
• 9 Nov 2021 in Senate: We were also told of cases of the kind of extrajudicial killings and disappearances that took place on the pretext of wiping out members of mungiki. We were given a detailed report by the KNCHR on how the police dealt with members of mungiki. In some cases, they dealt by shooting them without subjecting them to any arrest. We were told of cases of alleged members of mungiki who were either killed or disappeared in the hands of the police. In total, under this heading, we considered a total of 200 cases. We were told about “the mountain of terror”, ... view
• 9 Nov 2021 in Senate: In total, the accounts that we received from this organisation point to a police force that has gone rogue, does not adhere to the rule law and has violated human rights of Kenyans. As I have stated, a number of these victims are young persons who are in productive bracket in our country. This is the price we are paying as a country in the hands of the police. This Committee is making a strong case that the police going forward should be held personally reliable for the acts they commit that violate constitutional rights of Kenyans. Looking at the ... view