John Muriithi Waiganjo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 31 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Sure, hon. Speaker. I was also going to say that I am very disappointed. I was very disappointed when I saw this item on the Order Paper. I am aware that in the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee we are deliberating some of the provisions in the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill. We did not, first of all, get time to do that. The Leader of Majority Party also said that there are other proposed 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
• 31 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: legislations that were supposed to be taken to other departmental committees for deliberation. So, I do not know why we were rushing legislative proposals which should be in standalone Bills. Did we have to lump them, give them limited time and deny the Committee opportunity to sieve through them so that we get something proper before the House? As it were, this omnibus has passengers that are not supposed to be there. Most of them are supposed to travel alone. Members have talked about the Criminal Procedure Code. We do not need to revise the provision on bail. For me, ... view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I also rise to support this Report. We as Members of the Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs have never seen the kind of lobbying that was done. Not just to Members of this Committee by the public, but also by Members of this House. There was lobbying for the Committee to find favour with some of the applicants, but we stood firm. We agreed from the outset that we were not to have any interests as Members of the Committee. We shall not also allow ourselves to be lobbied by any Member of this House ... view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: As a matter of fact, even the Director of Public Prosecutions is unable to prosecute hate speech cases because of lack of this Commission. It is an important commission. When we sat, we had personnel seconded to us from the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government, one Dr. Opiyo Owino. So, we had a lot of insight in what we were doing. This is a negotiated report, on behalf of this House I must say. We took very many and long hours trying to balance regions and ethnic communities. Closer look of this Report will tell you that ... view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Looking at Belinda Akoth, it is true she is very brilliant and scored very high marks. She also represents the Association of Media Women of Kenya and Public Relations Society of Kenya. As I said, we really tried to look at professional associations to be represented. We also have a representative of the Law Society of Kenya (LSK), actually, several of them in this Report, including Eric Ogwang. So, I urge Members to support this Report. This Commission now has to come to being so that we can also check our tongues; otherwise, they will catch up with us in ... view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: I support, hon. Speaker. view
• 16 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to support The Victim Protection Bill. From the outset, I want to congratulate the sponsor of this Bill, hon. Millie Odhiambo. This Bill is overdue because the global trend is emphasizing on the protection of victims and witnesses. We know what has been happening in our country and the world over. There is an urgent need to protect not only witnesses but also victims. I am aware of Cap.79, which is the Witness Protection Act, but even within the Witness Protection Act there are some areas that are not properly ... view
• 16 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: and expeditious dispensation of justice. It says that a victim shall not be discriminated against on the basis of race, colour, gender, age or language. So, it just says that there shall be fair hearing. It only emphasizes what is within our Constitution. I also see that apart from giving effect to Article 50(9) of the Constitution, it also emphasizes the provisions of Article 50(8). It appears to be telling judicial officers that in certain instances and cases, judicial officers, or the presiding judge, may ask the public to leave her or his court or the galleries of the court ... view
• 16 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: 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
• 16 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: This is important; just imagine from the PEV of 2007/2008, how many victims are unknown to date. For your information - this is the information is in the public domain - no prosecution was undertaken after around 600 people were killed and about 1000 people were displaced; no successful prosecution has been undertaken to date. That tells you that about 600 people who died are who were victims are unknown. It also tells you that 1000 others who were displaced, and who live today, are not anywhere in our registers or conscience. Even those who were displaced, apart from giving ... view