Kithure Kindiki

Parties & Coalitions

Born

1973

Email

kkindiki@yahoo.co.uk

Telephone

+254 (0)20 340856/8/9

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0788380903

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Dr. Kithure Kindiki

Deputy Speaker - Senate (2017 - May 2020); Senate Majority Leader Prof Kithure Kindiki (2013-June 2017); Wanjiku’s Best Representative – Food, 2014

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 11 to 20 of 417.

  • 11 Nov 2021 in Senate: “The President shall appoint- view
  • 11 Nov 2021 in Senate: All other judges, in accordance with the recommendation of the Judicial Service Commission.” view
  • 11 Nov 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, it is not in accordance with the recommendations of the National Intelligence Service (NIS). The role of the President is appointive and ceremonial. It is not functional. The recruitment agency for Judges is the Judicial Service Commission. It pains me, therefore, as an officer of the Court, to see some of the brightest and greatest Judicial minds that this country has ever produced; My Lords, Justice Odunga, Justice (Prof) Ngugi, Justice Muchelule and Justice Korir, being dragged through a protracted name-soiling, simply because of a presidency and an Executive that thinks they can rampage around the country ... view
  • 11 Nov 2021 in Senate: They take over the Judiciary and Parliament, and are now increasingly going to county governments. They have taken over Nairobi and I am sure they would be interested in taking over the other 46 counties, if they had the opportunity. view
  • 11 Nov 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, we are coming from a very dark past. There were days and times when the Judiciary was completely immobilized. Criminal charges of great Kenyans, like Sen. Orengo and other second liberation fighters, who would be dragged to court at 6 p.m., taken through a kangaroo process; sentenced the same night or detained without trial. view
  • 11 Nov 2021 in Senate: In 1988, Kenya changed its Constitution to remove the security of tenure of judges. In the aftermath, we witnessed a very dark situation, where it was rumoured that some judges who were handling sensitive cases would carry draft judgments to State House for approval before reading those judgments in court the following day. That is the background against which we put in place the very strict measures in Chapter 9 of the Judiciary in the current Constitution. view
  • 11 Nov 2021 in Senate: This Constitution has made the wielders of power extremely uncomfortable. However, we are not out of the woods yet, even with the new Constitution. Recently, we saw My Lords, Justice Muchelule and Justice Chitembwe, arrested in their chambers, yet we know that the chambers of a judge are invaluable. If there is any suspicion of commission of crime, there are ways in which the same can be handled without violating the sanctity of the courtroom, because a judge’s chamber is also a courtroom. view
  • 11 Nov 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, some of the decisions, motions and applications are heard in chambers. A judge’s chamber or office is actually a courtroom. It is like entering a courtroom when a judge is proceeding and arresting the judge. Madam Temporary Speaker, I believe that the President can be forced to do what he has refused to do by an order of mandamus . I say so because an order of mandamus is normally given to a public officer who has refused to perform a public duty. I believe in the appointment of judges. The President is actually duty-bound to do ... view
  • 11 Nov 2021 in Senate: The Chief Justice never published those rules. Courts could not enforce human rights simply because the Chief Justice had refused to do a public duty, which was merely administrative and not decisional. It was not judicial. Similarly, for the Judiciary, there are certain acts they should be held liable for. This immunity of the Judiciary applies functionally, when they are performing judicial functions. Madam Temporary Speaker, for example, if the Judicial Service Commission is hiring judges, that is a judicial function of that Commission and so forth. However, for example, in matters of procurement, the Judiciary should be held accountable ... view
  • 11 Nov 2021 in Senate: it is established, the the judge is suspended. Once he is suspended, you can drag them to court, charge them and if found guilty, face the consequences of the law. If they are acquitted, they can be reinstated to office. It is, therefore, a pity to watch, for example, My Lady, Justice Mwilu, the Deputy Chief Justice and Vice President of the Supreme Court of our country, being dragged through the humiliation of facing a magistrate court on criminal charges relating to what appears to be a purely civil matter. How on earth do you walk into the chambers of ... view

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