Farhiya Ali Haji

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Mar 2020 in Senate: Singapore, Canada and Australia. They have similar laws in terms of deferred agreements. view
• 11 Mar 2020 in Senate: Yesterday, Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri asked about deferred agreement. If you say what your crimes are and give back all the proceeds you got from that financial malpractice, then there is an opportunity to negotiate, so that you are not made criminally culpable. You then return all the assets that you acquired as a result of that. view
• 11 Mar 2020 in Senate: Secondly, if you wronged a third party in that process, then you need to restitute that person. This is about the deferred prosecution, and there is a bigger process that takes care of that. There is a very clear procedure on how that should be done, including having a lawyer to represent you as you negotiate the deferred agreement. You also have an option of refusing that deferred agreement, so that you get out of it and let the court take its course. Those are available options. view
• 11 Mar 2020 in Senate: Some Senators commented that whenever Bills are brought here, they are always creating new institutions. This Bill is using the existing institutions to ensure that we make them work better, instead of creating new ones to do what these ones can do. I got compliments for that. Thank you. view
• 11 Mar 2020 in Senate: There was also a suggestion on the Floor that I should give this Bill to the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI), so that it comes as a recommendation for a constitutional amendment. However, I feel that it will not help because the Constitution can just become a framework and not as detailed as this Bill. I feel that this House still needs to continue with this Bill, so that we get maximum benefits out of it. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Sen. M. Kajwang' suggested that we should have transnational justice as well. If there is transnational crime, this law should provide ... view
• 11 Mar 2020 in Senate: I am Sorry, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. They were from Senators. I apologise; Senators said that. As Senators contributed, I also found a gap in this law. While it is very clear when the account is frozen and how cash is handled, it is not clear in terms of assets transfer. Of course, some of it will come under deferred agreement, but in terms of the legislation, it needs to be tightened up so that asset possession is also clear the way cash handling is very clear. I am not a lawyer, but the people who helped me prepare this ... view
• 11 Mar 2020 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 11 Mar 2020 in Senate: witch-hunt now, whoever is politically aligned will survive, but as long as this Bill exists, even those who are politically ‘correct’ now might not be ‘correct’ in the next or subsequent election. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if that is the fear of the people, there is always an avenue. We cannot fear making laws because people feel they will be victimized. Who said there is someone who will be the president of this country or in power permanently? There are never permanent positions. Things change; if they victimize you, you can also use that if they have acquired, and get ... view
• 11 Mar 2020 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, all I am saying is that there is no permanent--- view
• 11 Mar 2020 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, because there are enough clauses protecting people’s rights. view