Franklin Mithika Linturi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Nov 2021 in Senate: The reason why this is done is so that the people that are of questionable character and have a history of not standing by the rule of law and cannot defend it do not find themselves seated in that particular office. view
• 11 Nov 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, elaborate mechanisms are in place. The President as the Head of the Executive is represented in that body by the Attorney-General. He participates in that recruitment and he agrees that certain judges must be appointed, but then the President refuses to do so. The President has a constitutional duty to obey the law. He has no basis or business of not appointing judges once the JSC recommends their appointment. view
• 11 Nov 2021 in Senate: The Judiciary should have its independence so as to avoid manipulation by the Executive. That is why I personally think that he must appoint judges once they are recommended by the JSC. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the idea, explanation and excuse given that some of these judges are of questionable character is unpalatable and it cannot fly. This is because this country has the National Intelligence Service (NIS) that should have told the President that there is an issue before the names were submitted. So, that information should have come before the JSC. Once the names have been published, there ... view
• 11 Nov 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I have said that we have a weak Parliament. With all due respect, I can substantiate what I am saying. Let me also remind you that the impeachment process of a President does not start in this House; it starts in the ‘lower’ House, which I am saying is weak. It has no muscle and cannot do anything. That is one of the major problems. If we were in other developed democracies, this should have commenced or happened. My good friend suggested that--- view
• 11 Nov 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, how I wish my good friend Sen. (Dr.) Ochillo-Ayacko was listening. I said we have a weak Parliament. I further went on to mention the National Assembly because the impeachment process of a President does not start in the Senate. Until that process has started and has come here, we cannot know if our mandate would be properly executed depending on the matter before us until such a Motion is here. view
• 11 Nov 2021 in Senate: For avoidance of doubt and making you understand it better, you need to understand the context in which I was saying that we have a weak Parliament or National Assembly. If that were not, then whatever action the President has committed constitutes an impeachable offence for which we should have commenced impeachment proceedings if we were strong. view
• 11 Nov 2021 in Senate: So that I do not lose my thought processes, Sen. (Dr.) Ochillo-Ayacko mentioned the fact that we do not have judicial accountability. I reiterate that I think the Judiciary is fully accountable. Remember the Judiciary is insulated by our own Constitution to the extent that we have a system where on judicial judgements or findings they make, we can check errant judges through the normal judicial appeal processes. view
• 11 Nov 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I came in when he was at the middle of his speech. I may not have heard or may have misquoted him. I would not mind to withdraw that. view
• 11 Nov 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, that is exactly what I am doing. There are no proceedings on this matter on the impeachment of the President in the National Assembly. I am discussing the manner in which we are structured. Probably there could be structural weaknesses, which I am trying to address while debating this report. There is nobody who is not accountable. To the extent that judicial decisions have a process under which you may differ with them. In my view, that is proper accountability. view
• 11 Nov 2021 in Senate: Judicial officers are accountable for the money given to them by Parliament because they have an accounting officer who presents his budget before the Budget and Appropriation Committee. view