Moses Masika Wetangula

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 5931 to 5940 of 6535.

• 22 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would also like to point out to the Mover that in Article 26 (2), we need to recast some of the provisions there. It looks dangerous for the operations of civil servants because it says that any employee or official of a Government agency who issues or approves the issuance of a travel document--- I think it would be good if you said, “who knowingly issues---” At the end of it, you add; “with the intention of assisting in the commission of an offence”. This is because knowledge is important for you to create ... view
• 22 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: On Article 26(3), and I do not know how to put it, but the Mover can find ways and means of recasting it and enlarging it. One of the most abused processes of trafficking in this country is adoption. There are many American organizations, some that falsely pass themselves off as church groups that are in cahoots with some of our colleagues, lawyers, who come here, go to St. Barnados Children’s Home or whatever children’s home---- There are criminal elements who run what looks like genuine beneficial homes for children, where they collect children from the streets and poor people. ... view
• 22 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the issue of penalties, I agree with you fully. People who traffic in human beings, whether for labour, sex or for whatever reason, are not any different from Tippu Tip, the Arab and European slave traders of the previous centuries. The only difference is that they come in suits carrying briefcases full of money. When we catch up with them, a very harsh penalty is desirable. In fact, if you go to comparable jurisdictions, like the Philippines, human traffickers are sentenced to death and hanged. If you go to Malaysia, human traffickers are sentenced ... view
• 17 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for allowing me an opportunity to second this very important Bill. If you look at the history and philosophy of organized crime, you will see that in many jurisdictions at one time or another organized crime or criminal gangs have literally brought very strong governments to their knees. If you look at the history of the United States of America (USA), Chicago, New York and other big cities have at one time or another, succumbed to organized crime. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in Italy, organized criminals even kidnapped a former Prime Minister. ... view
• 17 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: This Bill attempts to address that. I would wish that when we come to the Committee Stage, the Minister who has moved it will be enriched by the debate and perhaps improve it. I would want to see us moving from the known to the unknown. I would wish to see the Minister actually having a clause in the Bill proscribing all known criminal groupings in this country. Such as Mungiki, Siafu, Msumbiji Angola, Chinkororo, view
• 17 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: , Bagdad Boys, Jeshi la Mzee, Kamjesh and all the others. I would wish to see that this Bill proscribes those known criminal groupings, so that they do not operate anywhere in this country. Let us also have a clause that will deal with those that will come later. If you look at the Chang’aa Act, you will see how we dealt with chang’aa. We described it in each and every of its form, for example, machwara, machozi ya simba, view
• 17 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: , kill me quick and so forth. All those were described in the Act! I would wish to see the proscriptions done in this Act. view
• 17 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to urge my colleague the Minister that the description in Article 2(c) on page 90 where you say; “organized criminal group means a structured group of three or more persons existing for a period of time.” It should not be! Even where there is an intention to form a criminal group or gang, they should be captured by the Act. We should not give them time that because they have existed for a period of time, therefore, they become part of the net of the act. view
• 17 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: The Minister has also talked about the sentences and the offence created in Article 4. I want him to see the danger in this. In Article 4(i) and (ii), he is prescribing the sentence by giving the maximum. If he is running away from too weak penalties for offences of this nature, then prescribing the maximum is still leaving the latitude for the courts to go to the minimum. For example, if you say that a person who engages in any organized criminal activities specified in Section 3 commits an offence and shall upon conviction be liable to a fine ... view
• 17 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: must be fighting. You will find legitimately that they are supplying everything; on the face of it, it looks legitimate, but they are using criminal arm twisting tactics to win those tenders. You will find that they are in literally everything, including manufacturing. So, this Bill should be more sophisticated than what we have today. I know we are informed by the activities of Mungiki and other violent crimes that we are seeing. But as we achieve our Vision 2030, violence will become outdated. The criminals will see no need to be trotting with guns on the streets and they ... view