John Sakwa Bunyasi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. 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
• 24 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support. I had a chance to interact with the Judges and Magistrates Vetting Board as a Member of the Constitution Implementation Oversight Committee. First and foremost, I would like to say that of the interactions I have had with various commissions that were nearing the end of their lives; this has been the most professional. They are not really seeking to extend their time. The leadership is eager to leave, but they do not want to leave any process behind. If you judge that Commission purely on the output relative to the ... view
• 24 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: But there were certain intrinsic weaknesses or design of the exercise for which the Board bears no responsibility. The architects of that particular instrument must take some share of responsibility. For one, the target group they were to deal with were those in appointment only prior to 27th August, 2010. Clearly, they should have known that there are no angels in the pipeline and that, after August, 2010, the problem would still persist. That was a design that was intended to be like that. We cannot evaluate it alongside the extension of that particular mandate. view
• 24 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: One of the biggest challenges we have got with our Judiciary is that, first, it is a complex place. Activities are a chain. People come in and go out. From which raw material are we hiring judges that come in? We get them from among the advocates. I do not think that if you were to get an opinion poll in this country, the advocates would score very high in terms of trust or 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
• 24 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: integrity. There is no way then you can expect that when they become judges, they are going to be different. We should use this occasion to shine a spotlight on the integrity of those who are coming in this particular line of work. We have too many cases of advocates that are not serving view
• 24 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: in this country - not just Wanjikus, but all of us genuinely. view
• 24 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: The infusion of ethics in this pipeline seems quite poor judging from the outcomes of it. This is a matter that will lead us into continuous problems in this country, unless it is strictly addressed. The Law Society of Kenya must take a much more active role in weeding out those advocates who do not deserve to be where they are. The tolerance of the administrators within the Judiciary who are themselves part of the conduit for corruption must be addressed. This can be addressed seriously so that the judges are working in an environment; one, in which people are ... view
• 24 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Of utmost importance now - and I would expect that those among us whose professions lie entirely in this area and who may be familiar with other mechanisms other than the one time mechanism that was intended by the Vetting Board will shed some light on the way to move in a dynamic way. Now that this has been done largely and is going to end, what else can be brought on board that is of a continuing nature in the vetting to ensure that there is no one who sits in the Bench a day longer than they should ... view
• 24 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Anecdotally, back in the 1970s, the then Attorney-General Mr. Charles Mugane Njonjo, commenting on the lifestyles of the Africans who were now joining the ranks of judges said:- “You could not be really on the Bench and be down at River Road in a bar every weekend. You choose. If that is the life you want, then you stay away.” There were some comments at the time whether people who get to the Bench must of necessity go into the mzungu lifestyle of clubs. The answer was essentially yes. If you do not go to that type of secluded lifestyle, ... view
• 24 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: We must make ourselves believe deeply and clearly without any pretence out there that there are angels out there and others are not and say that we are not going to succeed in the long run unless we have a system that checks out the wrong-doers. view