John Olago Aluoch

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: we charged anybody for mishandling a dead body? When the matter has become so serious and you want it to be felt, instead you are arrested. What are we demonstrating? This whole scenario of insecurity in the country must have a place where we are going to put it. Is it going to be at the desk of the Inspector General or the desk of His Excellency the President? Who is going to take responsibility? Investigations are happening. The insecurity between the borders of Nandi and Kisumu counties is arising because of cattle rustling and claims on farms. Indeed, hon. ... view
• 7 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, from the outset I want to say that I have had the honour and privilege of serving in the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs of the 10th Parliament and now in this 11th Parliament. I want to say with courage that on the report we are discussing, I have recorded my dissent. Hon. Speaker, I agree with you totally in what you have clearly set out as the position of the Judiciary vis-à-vis the Judicial Service Commission. In fact, the failure of the Commissioners to attend before the Committee on more than one occasion--- They were ... view
• 7 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Chairman of the Committee, was going to address his mind to. I, however, notice that it was not addressed. The fact that Standing Order No.196 states that where a decision of the Committee is not unanimous it is expected--- view
• 7 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: It provides to the effect that where decisions of the Committee are not unanimous, it is expected that the report will indicate the names of those who voted for the report, those who abstained and those who voted against the report. That is clearly lacking in the report and up to now, it has not been addressed. Hon. Speaker, Sir, you heard yesterday from the Chairman of the Committee, as he was moving this special Motion, that three dissents were recorded; these were hon. Nyokabi, hon. Ayah and myself. But later on, after the meeting, hon. Nyokabi decided to remove ... view
• 7 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, I am glad you have not said anything on that because the way I see it, that is an opinion, not a point of order. There is nothing out of order that I said; I can continue now in view of that. I said that those words appear in the Constitution. view
• 7 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, I have read Article 251 very clearly. Serious violation is just one of them. I did not say that that is the only one. I should be understood. The grounds are set out very clearly under Article 251 and they go from (1) (a) to (e) and (2) up to (7). I understand all of them. What I wanted to say is this, if we are going to look at the petition objectively, then we should look at what is alleged against each Commissioner individually and not all of them collectively. I listened very carefully as hon. ... view
• 7 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you hon. Speaker, Sir. Maybe, I need to address what my Chairman has said. Indeed, I referred my Committee to the report of the PIC where I served. Specifically, that was in relation to the actions that were alleged against Commissioner Ahmednasir. I did not talk about any other Commissioner in that report, because in the PIC no other Commissioner was referred to. 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
• 7 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: So, I wanted to help the Committee by referring to Commissioner Ahmednasir appearing before us, and that is why one of the witnesses in this report, Mr. Brian Irungu, also appeared. I believe that helped Members of my Committee to understand exactly who Commissioner Ahmednasir is. That was that. Hon. Speaker, Sir, I want to finish by saying that the only way you can gauge the veracity of an allegation is by having the person making the allegation appear before you. You will then have a chance to see him, his demeanor and asses the veracity of the matter. It ... view
• 7 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, within the Standing Orders, and I will address my mind to it, clearly there is no provision that they must appear. But out of a sense of responsibility, there is no harm in asking a witness to appear. That is why in most committees we ask witnesses to come. When we suspect that the witness is going to be difficult, or may not be truthful, we say, let that witness give evidence on oath. Committees do that because they have the right and responsibility to swear witnesses. That applies to this report. If we feel that we ... view
• 6 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Speaker, Sir. It is on a different matter. You notice that in Order No.8, there is a report from the Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs on the removal of members of the Judicial Service Commission. There is a document being circulated in the House which is unsigned, but is headed “Highlights of Findings of the JSC on Investigation of the Chief Registrar of the Judiciary”. I have a quick look at this document and it purports to be touching on the report that is supposed to be discussed. I suppose that whoever is ... view