Gladys Wanga

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• 2 Dec 2021 in National Assembly: No, she was not on record. Hon. Sankok stands and say things in jest, refers people as clowns, bonokos, hecklers; and he is on record. This is a House of records. Our children, grandchildren and the people who will be in this House will see these records. It is unacceptable and cannot be let to pass. He must grow up and take responsibility for the things he says on the Floor of this House. view
• 2 Dec 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I have listened to very senior counsels here. I also had a chance yesterday - as the Chair of the Finance and Planning Committee - to listen to very many stakeholders who appeared before the Committee to bring their views with regards to this Bill. We listened to the Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya, the National Treasury, the Assets Recovery Agency (ARA), the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), the Law Society of Kenya (LSK), Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK) and several others. We ... view
• 2 Dec 2021 in National Assembly: As a lawyer yourself, litigation is not specified as an activity that you are supposed to report on as a lawyer. So, this should not be taken as an amendment that is bringing each and every activity that a lawyer practices in to the ambit of reporting. view
• 2 Dec 2021 in National Assembly: Secondly, Article 2(6) of the Constitution requires that our international obligations or treaties that we ratify internationally shall become part of our domestic obligations. Kenya is a founder member of the Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group. We are guided by the financial action taskforce recommendations which were brought forward by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). Right now, Kenya has a seat in the Security Council. That is a privileged position. It is those financial taskforce regulations that require the amendments that are being made at this point in time. Are we going to throw away our constitutional ... view
• 2 Dec 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, let me read that section of the Constitution. Article 2(5) and (6) says- 5. The general rules of international law shall form part of the laws of Kenya. 6. Any treaty or convention ratified by Kenya shall form part of the law of Kenya under this Constitution. view
• 2 Dec 2021 in National Assembly: This is why I am speaking to those issues. These are international obligations that Kenya got itself into. If we do not pass this law by January, we are going into the grey list. Once we get into the grey list and progress into the blacklist, then every Kenyan will be affected because every financial transaction that you try to make that leaves this country will come under inordinately The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 2 Dec 2021 in National Assembly: high scrutiny. I know that my brother Musimba has been heckling unusually today. He is a fairly quiet and fine gentleman as we know, but today… view
• 2 Dec 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. Finally, let me say this: Is client-advocate privilege or confidentiality protected by the Kenyan law? The answer is yes. The Proceeds of Crime and Anti-Money Laundering (Amendment) Bill Section 18(1) expressly protects the client-advocate privilege relationship with regard to communication of privilege information between the advocate and the client. Let us read that section. It openly protects that. view
• 2 Dec 2021 in National Assembly: We are dealing with a global issue here. About five years ago, we had a bombing here. When lives are lost, nobody thinks about the issues we are discussing here today. They say that Parliament should have protected those lives. This is the opportunity that we have to do it today. As Hon. Kaluma correctly pointed out, if there is anything within this law that can be amended so that we can accommodate the fears that have been raised, let us bring the amendments and we shall support them as we have discussed off-record with many of the advocates in ... view
• 2 Dec 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for your ruling to allow this Bill to proceed. I can confirm to this House that you are a firm person but fair. I thank you because you have allowed this Bill to proceed. I had spoken to other issues earlier; and for the record, to anticipate any litigation, the Departmental Committee on Finance and Planning conducted public participation on this Bill. We met several stakeholders face to face and we had several memoranda also sent to us. Those whom we met and they showed support to the Bill were: Institute of Certified Public ... view