Prof. Githu Muigai

All parliamentary appearances

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• 27 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I did not know whether the time was right for me. Since the Mover of the proposal has been discredited due to previous utterances he made, I will take full responsibility for that initiative. view
• 27 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to recognize and appreciate the very serious intellectual and professional input of Mrs. Odiambo-Mabona to this very crucial Bill. It demonstrates that the people of Kenya have made the right choices of their younger people, their women and their leaders. I want to thank her for the co-operation. view
• 27 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, let me join my colleagues in congratulating the Minister first and foremost and the team that negotiated this consensus. To my mind this demonstrates the future that we can have in this country. It is not necessary that we should have showdowns on issues that can be negotiated. This is a law for all the Kenyan people, all races, all ethnic groups, all religions and I am happy that it is a product of a consensus process. I thank everybody who was involved in it. Thank you. view
• 26 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir--- view
• 26 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, yesterday, Tuesday 25th September, 2012, the Temporary Deputy Speaker directed the Attorney-General to issue a Ministerial Statement on the issues raised by Mr. ole Ntimama and Mr. Waititu regarding the killing of three Maasai youths in Kayole, Nairobi County. I am pleased to make the Ministerial Statement. On or about 23rd September, 2012 an incident was reported in which the Assistant Minister for Water and Irrigation, Mr. Ferdinand Waititu, was reported to have made remarks to Kayole residents that incited them to cleanse the area of members of the Maasai community, living and working in the area. ... view
• 26 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in response to the hon. Member for Kilgoris, I want to confirm that the Government takes very seriously, from now until the time of the election, the safety and welfare of the Kenyan people. The Government wants to send a very strong message that nobody no matter how low or high, will escape the full force of the law on this question of hate speech and the incitement of people and communities against others. We have put in place various measures in the security organs and law enforcement to ensure that beginning now - and this case ... view
• 26 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, first, I appreciate my learned friend John Olago Aluoch for drawing my attention to that save that I would like to remind him that under the Advocates Act, the Attorney-General is the senior-most lawyer and, therefore, for this purpose he is my learned junior. view
• 26 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: I agree with him entirely but again we made a Constitution in which we vested power in the Director of Public Prosecutions. We gave him security of tenure. We do not want to tell him how to do his job. I have no doubt that should he seek my counsel, I would be of the same view as the hon. Olago. In response to the question by the Member for Manyatta, I wish I were able to make this pledge that the Government will foot the funeral expenses associated with this unhappy incident, unfortunately it would have to be made ... view
• 26 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in response to the last comment by Mr. Shakeel, hon. Members in their wisdom set up a body which we gave authority to investigate, prosecute and to promote reconcilliation and mediation in appropriate cases. That body exercised that discretion in the specific context of the complaint that was before it. Without further information from this body, we cannot say that they exercised that discretion wrongly. However, I am re-stating the general position as follows: All the security organs of the Republic of Kenya have received the same instructions. This sort of conduct is to be apprehended at ... view
• 26 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the price we have to pay for living under the law is that the law is not as swift as we would wish, but it is sure. I take the compliment as to the felicity of my diction from hon. Isaac Ruto. I thank him for that. Mr. Speaker, Sir, steps were taken by the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Commissioner of Police and the court today. Steps will be taken by the court tomorrow morning. How can that--- view