John Muriithi Waiganjo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me this opportunity to also talk to this Bill. From the outset, this is a very important Bill because it will collapse the seven statutes. It will be easier even for advocates to ventilate issues of marriages in courts. The Bill clearly defines the meaning of “marriage union” which is between a man and a woman voluntarily in a polygamous or monogamous marriages, but registrable marriages. So, from the outset, it is clear that we are not talking about the same sex marriages. We are not talking about child betrothals or forced marriages. ... view
• 18 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Bill. Kenyans have been waiting for this Bill to take off. For me, even the provision of equal rights within this Bill is also clear. It clearly states that the parties have equal rights at the beginning of the marriage, during the marriage and even at the time of the dissolution of these marriages. The Bill talks of how those marriages can be dissolved. So, nobody can be imprisoned in a marriage situation. For those who fear polygamy, for instance, it is important for Kenyans to know that they can eliminate that by subjecting their marriages to private law, so ... view
• 18 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: men walk empty handed. Women have worked hard together with their men, but when the marriage is on rocks, the properties are usually left to the lady and she even gets much more. It is because men do not know that they are entitled to maintenance. So, men should also seek maintenance during the end of their marriages. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we have a raft of reasons for dissolution of these marriages. In the Muslim situation, if a wife was to get pregnant and the husband is not responsible, at the time of the marriage, that is a ground ... view
• 13 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to talk to this very important Bill. I must admit that this Bill is very timely. The Law Society of Kenya is a premier society that represents the interests of lawyers as well as litigants. For a long time now, we have had hue and cry over this very important profession, cry mostly coming from litigants who would allege that lawyers have gone rogue. There are not many lawyers, as matter of fact, who can be said to have gone rogue. Then again, it is important to know that this piece ... view
• 13 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: In saying that, I also want to congratulate the leadership of the Council for the Law Society of Kenya who carried out very peaceful elections. As a lawyer, I am proud of the membership of this society. Most importantly, we must emphasize the importance of the Law Society of Kenya. In doing that, we must look at the past. We know that the LSK played a great role in the democratization of this country and this is a position that we would want the LSK to hold considering that we want them to be careful, not to bend to the ... view
• 13 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: We want to encourage the LSK not to allow themselves to be puppets either of the Executive or anybody else, but we want them to engage more with the Legislature. In this Bill, we proposed, as a Committee, a department that will be charged with engaging Parliament more and more in our legislative duties. As we say, the LSK is an important 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
• 13 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: player in public interest matters and even in legislation. So, I believe that that kind of inclusion in this Bill will bring out the best in the LSK and we will see less and less Press wars between the LSK and Parliament, so that every time the Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs comes up with an issue, we do not expect to see the LSK being the first in the newspapers either to condemn or to comment. We want to encourage them to come closer and engage Parliament in a more concrete and profitable way. view
• 13 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: We also want the LSK to relate with Judiciary in the right way. As has been said by the contributors before me, the Judiciary really needs to be looked into. The LSK is the one that carries the mandate of the consumers of justice. So, we would want them also to engage the Judiciary more and more and to be contributors for the betterment of the Judiciary. For instance, we know that the criminal justice system in this country has gone down, almost to a halt and lawyers practise in these courts. So, we want the LSK to come up ... view
• 13 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: The implementation of Chapter 4, the enforcement of the Bill of Rights cannot happen on their own motion if we do not get input from the LSK. Even if the citizenry is allowed to approach the courts and want to enforce their Bill of Rights at no cost, of course, we know the capacity of our citizenry and they may not be able to know the procedures of approaching the court or the courtroom or filing pleadings. Even if the Bill of Rights suggests that the documentation need not be formal, we want to see LSK come out clearly to ... view
• 13 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Right now, we have members of that very august Society who ascribe and prescribe as pro bono lawyers, but all we see is that they go to represent murder suspects. I wonder why that cannot be expanded so as to include even representing robbery with violence suspects because the concept is the same. They should also include child support matter because the concept is the same. We want the LSK also to look closely and clearly at the ongoing in the Industrial Court, particularly for litigants who work in factories. We know that, for a long time now, factory workers ... view