Joseph Konzolo Munyao

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. Even though the Division has been done, it is important for us to raise one major constitutional concern. Standing Order No.48(2) says:- "No amendment shall be permitted if, in the opinion of Mr. Speaker, it represents a direct negative of the question proposed." In this particular issue, the question proposed is to give the Kenya Anti- Corruption Commission (KACC) police powers. The amendment that we have just passed completely negates that. Therefore, it is null and void because it negates that particular object of giving the KACC police powers. So, ... view
• 4 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, our objection is on the basis that the purpose of the President's Memorandum is to give the Kenya Anti- Corruption Commission (KACC) police powers to be able to carry out its duties. Mr. Marende's amendment is intended to negate that because it is seeking to remove those--- October 4, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 4361 view
• 4 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is Section 23(4). view
• 4 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the President's Memorandum relates to Section 23(4), which had been deleted by the National Assembly and which the President required to be re-inserted. It reads as follows: "The provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code, the Evidence Act, the Police Act and any other law conferring on the police the powers, privileges and immunities necessary or expedient for the detection, prevention and investigation of offences shall, so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, apply to the Director and an investigator as if reference in those provisions to a police station, police office ... view
• 4 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I am also opposing the amendment. I also wanted to put it on record that what Mr. Muite is saying is not true because the President in his memorandum even stated the position of the court. So, Mr. Muite is misleading the House. I just want to quote what the memorandum says:- "The representation in support of the deletion were that the Sections were unconstitutional in that they eroded the right to silence, violated the right against self-incrimination and the presumption of innocence. However, the constitutionality of each of the Sections in the course of ... view
• 2 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that Mr. Vitalis Aguko Orogo, an Assistant Chief, retired from the Civil Service on 30th June, 2005. (b) I am also aware that Mr. Orogo has not been paid his pension dues. (c) His claim papers have, however, been prepared and submitted to the Director of Pensions for computation and payment, on 20th August, 2007, and the case was passed by the Directorate of Pensions verifiers on 27th September, 2007. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 2 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a unique matter. This particular Assistant Chief was October 2, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 4243 appointed as support staff, on temporary basis, in November, 1974, in the then Ministry of Public Works. Later on, in 1998, he was promoted to Assistant Chief II, but due to an oversight his terms of service were not regularised when he joined the Provincial Administration. This anomaly was only discovered after his retirement. It took some time for the Ministerial Advisory Committee to ratify his position as an Assistant Chief. That is what has delayed his payment. However, everything is ... view
• 2 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the work of my Ministry is to process the documents and forward them to the Director of Pensions. It is the business of the Director of Pensions to pay. So, in this particular case, there were the reasons that I have given, which caused the delay. If there is a specific case which Mr. Sambu wants us to follow up, we can do so. The delay in this particular case was because Mr. Orogo was initially employed in another Ministry, and his position was never regularised in our Ministry until his retirement. So, computation of his dues ... view
• 2 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am very much aware of that amendment but, in practice, sometimes things become difficult because of the processing they have to go through. I am not speaking generally for all the Government departments, but I am saying that this was a particular case which had a unique problem. If Mr. Rotino has specific issues, he can bring them forward and I will take action on them, but talking on generality will not help. view
• 2 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am not aware that the Office of the President is the worst offender. In the case of this retired officer, the Government had to regularise his position and work out what benefits he was supposed to get in his new position. In fact, it was like ratifying something that had already happened. He had been appointed an assistant chief, but he was never regularised into that job. So, the Pensions Department had to work out his pension to know how much it was supposed to pay the officer. That is why it took time. However, if ... view