Moses Masika Wetangula

All parliamentary appearances

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• 31 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Government of Kenya invited both President Al-Bashir and the President of Southern Sudan Salva Kiir, who is the First Vice-President of the Sudan to the event. This was in line with Kenya’s obligation as principle guarantor to the CPA and in order to maintain dialogue and close working relationship with both parties. However, Kenya was informed at the 11th hour that President Salva Kiir of the South would not be able to attend the ceremony as Sudanese protocol does not allow both the President and the first Vice-President to be out of the country at the ... view
• 31 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me mention at this stage that President Al-Bashir in visiting Kenya, landed at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), inspected a ceremonial guard and then came to the ceremony. At no time did he land at Wilson Airport, neither did he come in secretly. A cardinal principle in Kenya’s foreign policy is to ensure peace, stability and security in the neighbouring countries, since any past turmoil in the sub-region has always had serious repercussions on our country. Kenya’s objective in this case was to ensure that it safeguarded this principle tenet as a matter of national interest ... view
• 31 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the AU’s request to the UN Security Council to defer the proceedings initiated against President Al-Bashir of the Sudan in accordance with the Article 16 of the Rome Statute of the ICC has never been acted upon. This prompted the AU member states to enter an Assembly decision at the 13th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of States and Governments in 2009 in Libya, not to co-operate with the ICC. view
• 31 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, on the specific issue of the arrest and surrender of President Al- Bashir of Sudan, this decision was reinforced at the 15th Ordinary Session of the AU Assembly in July, 2010 in Kampala where the AU Heads of States agreed to a resolution that reiterated calls for freezing the arrest warrant on President Al-Bashir and urged members to work on amending provisions in the Rome Statutes. Our President attended both these Summits. The Summit further requested its member states that are states parties to the Rome Statutes of the ICC to ensure that they adhere and honour ... view
• 31 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the AU has since issued a statement, which with your indulgence I read to the House, fully supporting Kenya’s decision not to arrest the President of Sudan during his visit to Kenya. The ACP and we have Members of this August House who attend ACP meetings; a group with 79 Member states stretching three continents, also so merit in the position taken by the AU and has offered unequivocal support to the position that the AU Member countries should disregard the warrants against President Al-Bashir. view
• 31 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have read in the media that Kenya has got world opinion by inviting President Bashir to visit our country. Which is this world opinion if countries like the United States of America (USA), China, India and Russia are not even members of the International Criminal Court (ICC)? view
• 31 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: It is also worthy to note that African countries comprise of the largest single regional group in the ICC and it is, therefore, critical that their views are taken seriously. Consistent with our desire and that of the African Union (AU) to secure peace and reconciliation in the Sudan, very successful discussions took place between President Kibaki and President Al-Bashir at State House soon after the promulgation of the Constitution. The State House discussions on 27th August, 2010 between the two presidents prompted a meeting between President Bashir and his two Vice-Presidents, Salva Kiir and Ali Osman Taha on 29th ... view
• 31 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: The said statements and the decisions assert that the two African Union Member States have a clear obligation to co-operate with the Court in relation to the enforcement of such warrants of arrest, which stem both from the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1593, whereby the United Nations Security Council urged all member States concerned, regional and other international organizations to co-operate fully with the Court and from Article 87 of the Statute of the Court to which the two countries are state parties. The African Union Commission further notes that the decision by the Pre-Trial chamber was made strangely ... view
• 31 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as the Minister for Foreign Affairs, first, I am familiar with the logo of the AU. I also received the original of the document from the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa. I also did the due diligence of serving the document on the Chair well in advance before reading it. It is an authentic document and from the tenor and tone of the content, there is no doubt that it is an AU document. I, consequently, table it and ask the Chair to allow it to be part of the record of the House, in view of ... view
• 31 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, you may recall that the Chairman of the AU Commission, Dr. Jean Ping, attended the promulgation ceremony. In fact, I think I introduced him to you, but I know that you knew each other before. view