Amb. Mohammed Abdi Affey

All parliamentary appearances

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• 8 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this matter is critical because it seems this Government is not aware of what a section of the security forces is doing in the country. In the process many Kenyans have view
• 8 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: 22 Thursday, 8th April, 2010(P) been unnecessarily intimidated and harassed by this kind of operation. I would like the Minister to give a clarification to these issues and urgently intervene in this matter. view
• 8 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I beg to move that The Indemnity (Repeal) Bill be now read a Second Time. I want to begin by thanking this Parliament and particularly, the Chair for allowing the facilitation of the establishment of the new Parliamentary Standing Orders. If it were not for the reform process that Parliament took into account, it would have been basically impossible for a Member of the Back Bench to move an Amendment Bill of this nature. view
• 8 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Bill intends to repeal a similar Bill that this House enacted into law in 1970. If it were not for our reform agenda that has taken us to the level it has taken us in order to allow a Member of the Back Bench to propose an amendment of this magnitude, it would never have been possible. Therefore, I would like to thank Mr. Speaker and the House Standing Orders Committee for allowing us to facilitate the move to repeal this Bill. This Bill has a certain fundamental background that is important for hon. Members ... view
• 8 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: 23 Thursday, 8th April, 2010(P) activities go against the very fundamental principles of the Bill of Rights relating to the right to life and the right to own property. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in 1970, the then Attorney-General moved the Bill before a very hostile Parliament. Indeed, the House was almost divided as to whether to enact this law, because this law is retrogressive. It attempts to shield Government officials even when they know what they have done is truly illegal, and that it goes against the Constitution that we have. The Kenya Colonial Government enacted several laws that targeted ... view
• 8 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: So, it is the same institutionalisation of discrimination and intimidation that this part of the country has suffered in the past that it continues to suffer to date. Therefore, this is just the background that informs the preparation of this Bill. This Bill was not generated overnight. It was generated as a result of many years of discrimination and intimidation of the people of northern Kenya, even before we acquired Independence. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when we come to independent Kenya, there was what we call “The Application of Emergency Law”. This law actually intended to have two sets of ... view
• 8 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: 24 Thursday, 8th April, 2010(P) or on account of or in respect of any act, matter or thing done within or in respect of the prescribed area after the 25th December, 1963, and before 1st December, 1967, if it was - (a) done in good faith; and (b) done or purported to be done in the execution of duty in the interests of public safety or of the maintenance of public order, or otherwise in the public interest, by a public officer or by a member of the armed forces, or by a person acting under the authority of a ... view
• 8 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as it is, in 1970, Parliament committed an illegality. It passed a law which contravenes our Constitution as provided for under Sections 70, 71, 75 and 82. For purposes of clarity, I would like to read out Section 70, where Parliament, in its own wisdom, had the audacity to go against the Constitution of the Republic of Kenya to establish a law that contravenes the Constitution. An illegality was also committed by the then House. Section 81 of our current Constitution says:- “No citizen of Kenya shall be deprived of his freedom of movement: That is ... view
• 8 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Section 82 of the Constitution of Kenya says:- “Subject to Sections 4, 5 and 8, no law shall make any provision that is discriminatory either on itself or on its effect.” view
• 8 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the effect of the Indemnity Act is very clear – to discriminate against people in a section of the country, in the areas I have mentioned, and yet the Constitution protects those areas. It is apparent, therefore, that the Government then, in defiance of the Constitution, continued to bulldoze, through Parliament, a law that in its nature discriminates against Kenyans. As I said, the Indemnity Act is flagrant in disregard of the current Constitution. It provides immunity from prosecution. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in Kenya today, security officers are regulated by the rule of law. They ... view