Moses Masika Wetangula

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 Nov 2021 in Senate: My distinguished Colleague, Sen. Farhiya, is telling me that even in North Eastern. In fact, it is across the country but the worst of these disappearances have been recorded from the coast region. In the context of fighting crime, it cannot be condoned that you commit more crimes along the way. That does not help society. I agree with recommendation no.4; enhance training of law enforcement officers in respect of human rights. It does appear that when you compare with other jurisdictions, --- Somebody keeps on joking that if you are in London or more developed countries, when you have ... view
• 10 Nov 2021 in Senate: It is because things do not work the way they should. When you we were at the university, you would encounter the police and the first question they ask you is how much money you have. If you have no money, they frame you as rogue and vagabond. Just because you do not have no money. Luckily that crime was edited out of our criminal law justice system and now they use other methods. Mr. Speaker, Sir, people have been shot. You then get an explanation that an accused person, who was in custody, was running away escaping from lawful ... view
• 10 Nov 2021 in Senate: In the past, prior to 2010, we had a Police Force. It appears our police used to misinterpret the meaning of force and felt that they have to use actual force on citizens. Today, we have a Police Service. When our Committee interviewed the current Inspector-General, he told us he was going to be a reformist Inspector-General of Police. We would encourage the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights, to have periodic meetings with the Inspector-General, to get appraised on what reforms are being carried out. The more we talk about extrajudicial killings, the more people get shot ... view
• 10 Nov 2021 in Senate: It does not help. They go there with armed with AK47s, as if they are going to arrest a robber, yet it is a legislator. We need to make it abundantly clear that any public officer who is involved extrajudicial killings, takes personal responsibility. We should not have any vicarious responsibility in this case. Any policeman who shoots anybody without justification, must be arrested and charged with a homicide. Whether it is murder or manslaughter, that will be the decision of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). We must make it difficult and painful for people who engage in extrajudicial ... view
• 10 Nov 2021 in Senate: In one of my visits in Mombasa County, I met a lady. She came to see me and cried for one hour, sitting with me, telling me how her first son disappeared and the body has never been found. Her second son disappeared and the body has never been found. The third son disappeared too. She had four sons but is now left with one. The other three are gone and there is no hope that they will be found because they were arrested by a Unit of the police called Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU). Mr. Speaker, Sir, we want ... view
• 10 Nov 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, we want to see that the training of our police officers in Kiganjo, has a fundamental lining of respect for human rights and that the innocence of every individual sacrosanct until pronounced otherwise by a court of law. I say this because today is not like those old days, where we had very limited availability of courts. Today, there is not a single area in this country where you cannot find a court of law, manned by professionally trained magistrates and judges. So, the issue of holding people for inordinately long time, eventually killing them, --- We ... view
• 10 Nov 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, when such a thing happens, you do not need to ask yourself serious questions. Lawyers say res ipsa loquitur; things speak for themselves. If you are the last person seen holding the bishop walking her away and she is later found dead, things will speak for themselves. That, it must be you until it is proved otherwise that you are the one who has caused the loss of life. Now, we are no longer a hippy country. We are classified as middle-level developed country. We are not in the same league as Burundi and many of our ... view
• 10 Nov 2021 in Senate: African partners like South Sudan. Our growth in economy must also measure with our growth in the sophistication of how we manage our affairs as a country. The new Chief Justice (CJ) has been talking of making it easy for people to go through the mill of justice. The DPP has been quite good at this because he has not been rushing people to court. In comparable jurisdictions like the United States of America (USA), when the DPP takes you to court, he has a file ready and hearing can start as soon as is practically possible depending on the ... view
• 10 Nov 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, if we do not have this, we will continue crying every year about extra judicial killings and it goes on unabated. I also encourage that there should be continuous refresher courses. view
• 10 Nov 2021 in Senate: Senator Kinyua? view