Moses Masika Wetangula

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 Nov 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, my time has been saved. Thank you, for that information. In fact, I had already said that in Laikipia County, the population was crying for NPRs. What I am recommending to the Committee, as we go along in pursuing these reforms, is that NPRs should be competitively recruited. Two, they should be trained on how to handle weapons. Three, they should be trained on how to respect human rights. In Laikipia, we found overwhelming support for police reservists but in other areas, we found complete disdain and fright about the presence of police reservists. So, how do ... view
• 10 Nov 2021 in Senate: In the last Parliament, Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo brought a Bill in this House and he wanted the police reservists to be recognized, adopted and paid some form of salary in order for them to do a good job. In fact, there are some places in this country where ordinary police do not exist. If you go to Kapedo, Suguta Valley, some parts of West Pokot and some parts of Turkana, you will find that the police supplement the primary duty of the people over there. If you land in Lodwar and drive to Nakodok or Nadapal, you will be surprised. ... view
• 10 Nov 2021 in Senate: victim of his heinous crimes was a child in my village. He slaughtered that child, sucked his blood and disappeared. When he appeared at home, the villagers came out and administered justice on him. Unfortunately, we will never get to know whether that boy had acted alone in the killing of 14 children or he had acted with others whom we will never know. If he was taken through the due process, we would probably have known potential pedophiles like him. I want Sen. Omogeni and his team to find out how that boy found himself in a police cell ... view
• 9 Nov 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I join you in welcoming the team from Pan African Parliament Secretariat, which I believe is based in Cape Town, South Africa, and the delegation from Kisumu County Assembly. The Pan African Parliament was set up at the time when I was the Minister for Foreign Affairs. The intention of setting it up was to fast-track and harmonize the processes of legislation on matters that concern the people of Africa. We intended to have a model like the European Parliament that is based in Strasbourg, France. In the European Parliament, all Members are elected directly ... view
• 9 Nov 2021 in Senate: We hardly have ever seen any legislation or opinion on legislation from the Pan- African Parliament, particularly on matters that concern our continent, namely, environment, resource exploitation on foreigners and above all, the growth of Democracy on our continent to remove the vestiges of coup de’tat s’ like what we saw the other day in Mali. As we welcome you from the Pan-African Parliament, we encourage you to be reformist and dynamic in the change that Africa needs, so that the Pan-African Parliament becomes a truly Pan African Parliament with the capacity to legislate and whose legislation will be respected ... view
• 9 Nov 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I thank the distinguished, Sen. Halake, for this Petition that she has presented on behalf of literary all political parties in Kenya, including the one led by myself. Mr Speaker, Sir, I encourage that we do not ask the Principal Secretary to come and shed light because there is no light to shed. We want him to rescind and vacate that note verbale. view
• 9 Nov 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the history of this country, even during the time of Mzee Moi, when we did Inter-Parties Parliamentary Group (IPPG) in this Parliament to bring reforms and cool the temperatures of politics in the country, development partners have been part of our movement. They have been available to reduce the financial weight on the Government in doing some of the things that enhance the space for democracy and accountability in our electoral system. view
• 9 Nov 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, donor countries have always supported many programmes, including empowerment of women to stand as candidates without discrimination from their male counterparts. They have always funded civic education to enable rural populations to understand their civic duty to register as voters and actually vote. Above all, the Government never allocates sufficient resources to IEBC to carry out credible elections. The short fall is always met by donors. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in fact, many embassies accredited to Kenya have shared this note verbale with me. I have seen and read it. I find it an assault on the freedom ... view
• 9 Nov 2021 in Senate: days when we had ambassadors like Smith Hemstone, Musselburgh and Edward Clay, who were visibly meddlesome in the politics of this country. Even with that, Mzee Moi, as the President, never stopped them from engaging Kenyans in bringing up issues that enhance democracy. We will support this Petition fully. I thank Sen.Halake, as the Chairperson of Centre for Multiparty Democracy (CMD), for bringing this Petition. I urge that in the shortest time possible, the PS in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs must appear before the Committee and vacate this Note Verbale because apart from being an achronistic, it is grounded ... view
• 9 Nov 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker Sir, I allow me to inform my distinguished nephew that probably his memory is failing him. When he was the Chairman of TNA, my distinguished nephew led a high-powered delegation from Kenya to China to go and solicit for support. Was China not a foreign country? We should speak from a point of fairness and not exhibit any unnecessary dementia on this matter. view