Prof. Githu Muigai

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, first, I must say that I am not aware that there have been cases between 2010 and 2012 where the Attorney-General’s Chambers has failed to comply with clear instructions by litigants as to how their monies should be processed. Given time, I would be more than happy to investigate that particular claim. Secondly, I am not aware that in this specific case of compensation to Nyayo House Torture Chamber cases that there has been discrimination and that some people have been paid and others have not been paid. Again, I would be more than happy to ... view
• 13 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am quite happy to confirm that no advocate should charge fees inconsistent with the Advocates Remuneration Order. That order is binding and every advocate should render a fee note on the basis of that order. Where there is a dispute between the advocate and his client, there are two avenues for redress. The client can file a bill for taxation before a taxing master or a registrar of the court and then the registrar will determine what is a fair fee in the circumstance. Secondly, the client can approach the ADT which itself has authority ... view
• 12 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Indeed, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, and I will convey your sentiments to the Minister and request that he provides an answer as soon as possible. view
• 12 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Next Tuesday, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 12 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, first of all, I want to acknowledge that we are dealing with a very grave problem of national security within this country. I want to appreciate the strength of opinion and emotion around this question. Having done so, I want us to remind ourselves of the nature of Constitutional authority around the question of the deployment of our armed forces. Parliament has authority to supervise how the Executive deploys the armed forces. Parliament has no authority itself to deploy armed forces. We have separation of powers. The powers of the Executive include the powers to preserve ... view
• 11 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of information, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to inform the Minister, first, that this gentleman--- view
• 11 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: I would hope so. view
• 11 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to inform the Minister that this gentleman - and I use that word in its most elastic form because of the nature of claims he has made against the Republic - has filed a suit in the USA; we have retained lawyers in there to defend that suit. In that suit, we have pleaded that the Government of the Republic of Kenya is not amenable to the jurisdiction of the USA, and we have denied--- view
• 11 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I was saying before I was very politely interrupted, we have defended this suit in the USA on two grounds. First, the Government of the Republic of Kenya is a sovereign state and is not amenable to suits in a foreign country. This issue has been taken by--- view
• 11 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: I was informing the Minister because an allegation was made by the hon. Member for Juja, that the Kenya Government either has acceded to the suit or plans not to defend the suit. view