Eugene Ludovic Wamalwa

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: It also allows time. After being declared winner of the election, you will not assume office immediately. It gives 14 days within which if there are any challenges, Kenyans will have time to go to the courts to challenge that election. So, it will give enough time before the President elect is sworn in, in a clear ceremony on a known date at a known place. It will be a way of avoiding future problems, because of this clear procedure that was lacking before. When that President elect is sworn, he will go into office free of any encumbrances. Within ... view
• 9 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: For some of us who were born not so long ago, we had never seen a regime change. We had never seen one President take over from another and 2002 was really a historic moment unlike 2007/2008. Perhaps the heroes and heroines of our country will never be known without a clear law. We had a President, the only one some of us knew in our lifetime, who had been President for over 24 years. We were little kids when the late President Kenyatta died and Moi took over. We drank the Nyayo milk and we only knew one President ... view
• 9 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: There is a great lady in this House, hon. Dr. Sally Kosgei; maybe Kenyans do not know the role she played in ensuring that there was peaceful transfer of power. People may say anything about the former President Daniel Arap Moi, but one thing that we must, as a country, know is that we owe him gratitude. On a continent where Presidents have refused to hand over power, where they have opened their countries to bloodshed, former President Moi handed over power. His candidate, hon. Uhuru Kenyatta, also conceded defeat. For the first time in the multi-party era, a candidate ... view
• 9 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: We must remember Dr. Sally Kosgei and the role she played. When we remember about the painful moments of 2007/2008, we must be happy that we will now pass legislation to ensure that future generations will not be exposed to the same situation where there is no clear legal procedure for a President elect to assume power. That is the importance of this piece of legislation that we have placed before the House today. I believe that it is one of those very important constitutional Bills that we had undertaken to pass within two years of the promulgation of the ... view
• 9 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: When you look at the Fifth Schedule, you find that The Assumption of the Office of the President Bill is one of those Bills that must be passed. We urge Members to support this Bill and pass it, so that those who will be tasked with the heavy responsibility of having to attend to the President-elect, or having to form a committee that will oversee the very critical process of the transfer of power, will have clear procedures, timelines and a very respectable ceremony, established by law, to follow in the transfer of power. With those few remarks, I beg ... view
• 7 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, pursuant to Section 20(4)(A) of the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Act, 2008, this House approves the extension of the term of the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) for a period of 3 months with effect from 4th May, 2012. This Motion is pursuant to the provisions of Section 20(4) (A) of the TJRC Act that came through an amendment that we brought through the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendment) Bill that was passed recently by this House and that was assented to by the President and is now ... view
• 7 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, perhaps, if the hon. Member listened to me he would have understood the amendment that we brought under Section 20(4); we had amended the Act to extend the term by six months previously. That is the extension that was made upon the first request before this House and that extension was granted and was extending the term of the TJRC up to May. So this Commission was supposed to submit their report to the President on 3rd May but that was not done. Subsequently, we brought an amendment to the TJRC Act to extend the period ... view
• 7 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, perhaps, if the hon. Members were patient to allow me move, then they would get all the facts. I was first laying basis for extension and it comes through the amendment provided under 4(a) that we recently passed allowing for three months. It requires that after the extension that we proposed under 4(a), the Commission is now required to submit this report to the National Assembly. This was done on 15th June and there is a specific request from the TJRC to the National Assembly together with a progress report that is outlining the progress made ... view
• 7 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Commission has also, during its work, been able to interview over 1,500 witnesses. As I speak today, they have received over 1,500 memoranda from different communities. Today the Commission is in the process of compiling this data, coming from all the different parts of this country and different communities. It is one of the largest data gathered in terms of evidence that any truth and justice commission has held. It is what has been accumulated over the last few months and weeks and it goes far in excess of what was done by the Truth ... view
• 7 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when you look at what this Commission is discharging in terms of mandate, it covers a period of over 40 years; right from 1963 to 2008. These Commissioners have grown through various areas that cover cases where Kenyans have been denied access to justice; they have covered economic marginalization and minorities; they have covered the sensitive land issues, whether it is in the Rift Valley or at the Coast; this Commission has also covered our dark past in terms of torture in Nyayo Chambers, in terms of detention centres and what Kenyans have gone through in ... view