Moses Masika Wetangula

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Nov 2018 in Senate: We need some superintendence in those markets. There are genuine pick pockets and there are victims of mischief where somebody that you have disagreed with simply starts shouting “thief” pointing at you and you can easily lose your life. When enforcement officers are there, they can keep that law and order. view
• 28 Nov 2018 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, another point that we need to look at is the remuneration that these officers get. They are so lowly paid in some situations like the police used to do, that they think that those who employed them pay them so little because they know that they take bribes to cover the shortfall. We will need to structure such that, first, they are well paid. Secondly, we must have serious governance structures covering them, so that anybody who goes around markets picking money from poor traders, commits an offence and must be dealt with. view
• 28 Nov 2018 in Senate: I have seen in the section of offences, Sen. Khaniri seems to think that the only offenders are the public. You have forgotten to put in offences committed by these enforcement officers themselves. This is because they will routinely commit offences against the public and they must also be dealt with. Now that I am talking about offences, in Clauses 18, 19 and 20, I want the proponent of the Bill to also note that we are going to deal with ordinary people – a view
• 28 Nov 2018 in Senate: rider resisting an arrest or a woman with bananas in the market resisting misbehaviour of an enforcement officer. In honour of what they call landis, those small informal settlements on properties that they do not even own – they are squatters – being unable to account for permits of construction, the fines that Sen. Khaniri is proposing are out of reach for these people. We cannot impose this on wananchi . 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
• 28 Nov 2018 in Senate: I have been a magistrate before in my life and when you say: “Not exceeding Kshs500,000, of course, the ordinary interpretation is that it can be Kshs1 to Kshs500,000. However, an enthusiastic magistrate thinks that since it is Kshs500,000, it is fair to impose half of it. It still becomes Kshs250,000. There is nobody in the villages who can afford this kind of fine. There is nobody who can raise Kshs500,000 for a woman whose total quantum of trading wares is Kshs3,000 or even Kshs1,000. When you impose Kshs500,000, it will not work. We are just going to fill jails ... view
• 28 Nov 2018 in Senate: tomorrow.” This is because these are very petty offences in the villages. It is not an offence where you find somebody is being held by the back of his trousers and he is walking with suspended feet being frog marched to the police. It does not help. Wananchi also get to know that when you transgress the law, there is a law enforcement mechanism which is for good order of society and not for creating chaos and punishing people unduly. Madam Temporary Speaker, we need to have phraseology in Clause 15 that will ensure observance of human rights as people ... view
• 28 Nov 2018 in Senate: Sen. Khaniri should either get rid of this or redefine it, so that it makes sense. view
• 28 Nov 2018 in Senate: should be told in chiefs’ barazas what keeping an animal contrary to the law means. Are you saying that failing to dip your cows and spreading ticks is contrary to the law? Which law? Are you saying that by keeping emaciated animals, you are breaking the law? We have the Kenya Society for the Protection and Care of Animals (KSPC) that arrests people with emaciated animals. Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. will remember the famous case of Amber May vs. the Republic; the woman who starved her horses and was jailed for cruelty to animals in Nanyuki. Amber May was my ... view
• 28 Nov 2018 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, Clause 12 talks of unapproved buildings and structures. It is a very good thing when one looks at how people are building structures in the countryside. People have a mistaken belief that if you land touching on any road, you just wake up and build a commercial building without looking for approvals. As soon as one finishes the building they start putting pressure on everybody to get them electricity, water, telephone et cetera . Eventually, they want a police station next to them for security. There is no government in the world that can afford this, least ... view
• 28 Nov 2018 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, we would want, first of all, to define what structures we are talking about. Is it a market or a structure that has gone through the process of the county government? The Senator will then obligate the county government to roll out structures that are approved, so that wananchi know because a vague is bad law. view