Moses Otieno Kajwang'

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Nov 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I also came to lend my voice to this Bill on ADR that has been brought by Sen. Kasanga who has sponsored a lot of progressive Motions and pieces of legislation in this House. If there ever was going to be an example of the model Senator, then the smiling face of Sen. Kasanga should appear there. view
• 19 Nov 2019 in Senate: I know some of us are only fit for our faces to appear on a journal on mental illness but when it comes to the real Senator by deeds and actions, Sen. Kasanga, it is. view
• 19 Nov 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, on the question that you raised and where you sought clarification on the difference between conciliation and mediation, I have also been asking myself that. The definition in the Bill requires above-average intelligence to tell the difference between conciliators and mediators. view
• 19 Nov 2019 in Senate: As I proceed, you will also understand and appreciate that I might be challenged to pronounce some of these words properly. So, allow me to pronounce them as my tongue finds them fit. view
• 19 Nov 2019 in Senate: In this Bill, the ADR has been defined as the use of conciliation, mediation and traditional dispute resolution mechanisms to resolve conflict. The question I have been asking my friend, Sen. Kasanga, is; if you have a register or accreditation of conciliators and mediators, what then would be the qualifications for one to be a conciliator or The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 19 Nov 2019 in Senate: mediator? She has clarified to me that there is training that is preferred upon those who wish to be conciliators and mediators. The further question was; what about church officials who have been playing this role for a long time? There are a lot of disputes that do not find themselves in courts of law. We go to our fathers, bishops and priests, pastors in churches and sometimes, they bring us together, reconcile us and play the role of conciliation - if I look at the definition that is in this Bill. Would my pastor, who probably has 30 years’ ... view
• 19 Nov 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I guess the big question that we must ask ourselves is whether Africa had a system of settling disputes before the Western style of judicial discussion and determination was imposed on us. I have said it before, that Africa is a collection of many States which are not necessarily nations. We find nations cutting across different states. For example, you will find that the Maasai will cut across Tanzania and Kenya; or the Somali, who cut across the countries we call Somalia, Somaliland and Kenya. All these had their traditional means of dealing with disputes. The ... view
• 19 Nov 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, just the other day, I was reading an article that was put up by the Kenya National Library Services (KNLS) trying to defend their role, and how much they have done to entrench a reading culture in this Republic. They were particularly put to task that most of the books in public libraries in this Republic are those that have been authored by foreigners on foreign subjects. The KNLS responded by saying that Kenyans do not publish; and that most of the published work in Kenya is curriculum material and a few story books. Therefore, there ... view
• 19 Nov 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there are a few types of disputes which I personally believe would benefit greatly from this Bill, like issues of succession or inheritance. When a family loses a breadwinner – it could be the mother or the father, who was endowed financially – there is always a race to ensure that all sorts of interested parties become beneficiaries of that estate. In many of these cases, it has led to great embarrassment to the families involved. When people rush to court to seek letters of administration and orders, for them to be enjoined into the estate ... view
• 19 Nov 2019 in Senate: Many-a-time when there is an inheritance question, that is when children who were previously unknown, come into the picture. It is also when spouses that were previously invisible come into the picture. This has happened to many families, large and small. At times, we focus on the embarrassment that is visited on the larger families. This is because we have made it a habit, that even succession issues and litigation on inheritance, when they go to the traditional judiciary, matters are prosecuted in the open. I believe and hope that once we pass this Bill, those involved in such cases, ... view