Moses Masika Wetangula

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 5741 to 5750 of 6535.

• 24 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, when we say a candidate should hold a post-secondary school qualification recognized in Kenya, what does that mean? If we want candidates for Parliamentary seats to be Form Four leavers, let us say they should have certificates for Form Four and leave it there. What happens to a person who stopped at Form Four and has been working for the last 20 years; is that a post- view
• 24 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, my comments are going to be very limited indeed. view
• 24 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: The first one is on Clause 6 of the Bill where it says the headquarters of the Commission shall be in the Capital City, but the Commission may establish branches at any place in Kenya. I do not agree with this. This Bill is coming on the heels and within the context of devolution. The most aggrieved persons that require the services of what we are setting up here which is more or less like an Ombudsman are people in the rural areas. Those are the people who suffer injustices from public administrators. Those people who suffer injustices from all ... view
• 24 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with regard to Clause 8 of the Bill, there is a whole host of functions listed out for this Commission. However, when you read through you see that actually what we are creating is a toothless bull dog. It has got no capacity to do anything. It is just to investigate complain, report and so on. Where do we derive power for this Commission? I think my learned Senior Counsel should find the way of strengthening Clause 8, especially in the far flung areas, where people cannot afford to hire lawyers. Although the Constitution says we ... view
• 24 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I will also be very brief. I want to congratulate the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government for bringing this Bill to this House. view
• 24 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: This Bill demystifies the criteria or lack of it that caused various governments in this country to bestow various status to towns without even thinking about the cost implications or what they mean and whatever that went with it. I urge the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government to look at what we are doing beyond cities, municipalities and towns. If you talk of about 5,000 people as the criteria for a town status, you are locking out so many areas that are mushrooming that require planning. Any settlement with more than 2,000 people is a small town. ... view
• 24 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to make a few comments on this Bill. First, I would like to congratulate the Minister for bringing such a wonderful Bill. It actually addresses some of my biggest worries when we were crafting the Constitution, particularly on the issue of dual citizenship where I had worries that we were going to open a door to international human traffickers and criminals to acquire citizenship of Kenya. He has taken care of that and has set out a very elaborate process through which dual citizenship can be acquired by ... view
• 24 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Clause 9 has always worried me. In fact, immediately after Naivasha, I went public to protest against the clause on children found on Kenyan soil at the age of eight years and below to automatically become citizens. I want to congratulate the Minister because this is a major worry. Child traffickers are international criminals and it involves big money where they pick children from conflict or war situations and dump them in territories where the laws are laxity where they can acquire citizenship easily and they are paid for it. Where there are serious conflicts parents voluntarily give away their ... view
• 24 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, citizen by marriage is another regularly abused process of people getting citizenship. We know – and Mr. Kajwang and I have practiced at the criminal Bar for a long time – how criminals walk into this country, marry girls from Koinange Street and the next day, they are citizens. I am happy that Clause 11, again, addresses this mischief. I wish the Minister could make it a little tighter than it is because it is not as strong as I would have wished it to be. view
• 24 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: I want to ask the Minister to reconsider Clause 15(1)(b). There are phrases like “you will be eligible if you have not been convicted for an offence and sentenced to imprisonment for a term of three years or longer.” We must define what offence would view