Moses Masika Wetangula

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 6081 to 6090 of 6535.

• 18 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: “A Member presenting a Petition shall not speak for more than five minutes.” The Member has presented the Petition for more than ten minutes, which is against that Standing Order. Secondly, the Mau issue – and we were told by the presenter of the Petition – has been in court and adjudicated upon. This Parliament cannot then sit on what looks like an appellate authority, on a matter that has been before a court of law. Last but not least, this Petition goes against the grain of what all of us including the President and the Prime Minister have been ... view
• 2 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to seek your permission and indulgence to make an unsolicited Statement on a matter I think and believe is of grave national importance to hon. Members and Kenyans. view
• 2 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: This relates to Kenyan students in China. There is a development that is a bit worrying and as hon. Members and leaders, we have a duty to inform parents who send their children out so that we do not fall into this Chinese problem. We have 27 young Kenyans languishing in prison in China. Out of the 27, 22 are very young girls and most of them went to China either for studies or while studying in other countries, have been lured by criminal syndicates trafficking drugs to hire them as couriers. Out of these children who number 27, as ... view
• 2 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: I sought this permission from you to tell my colleagues and the country that we all need to step up our war against drugs and drug trafficking and to advise our constituents whose children are going to study out of the country to be clearly counseled and advised against falling into hands of criminal syndicates, particularly from West Africa who have been luring these girls into couriers of hard drugs which carry a death sentence in China. view
• 2 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as a Ministry, we are engaged in discussions with the Chinese Government and I intend to make an official trip there to see how we can engage them to commute those on death sentences to life sentences and possibly sign a protocol for prison exchange to have them come and serve their life sentences in Kenya. view
• 2 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: But that is the end of it! The beginning of it is that we all must have a responsibility and duty to discourage advice and counsel our young people from falling into the hands of this criminal syndicate. view
• 2 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, first, I am surprised by the reaction of Mr. Mungatana because I did say that some of these young Kenyans are students elsewhere and not necessarily in China but they are lured to traffic drugs to China and Hong Kong, which is currently part of China. In many situations, parents who can afford to take their children to study abroad, simply organize admissions with universities and send their children. They never come to the Ministry for advice. When they get to the countries where we have missions, they do not go to the missions to identify themselves. ... view
• 2 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, regarding Ms. Odhiambo’s question, every time my Ministry has been notified of any Kenyan in trouble, we have taken very urgent steps to notify the families here and their friends. Where they can afford, they have raised funds to send through the missions to hire lawyers. For those who have been going through trials in Hong Kong, there is a common law jurisdiction with very high standards and high calibre judicial systems. Where they have been unable to completely raise capacity for defence, we have instructed our missions to assist them. view
• 2 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: On the question of West Africans, of course, not all of them are criminals. There are just a few criminals who traffic drugs in collaboration with the nationals of other countries. Otherwise on the average, our brothers and sisters from West Africa are good people and we have a lot of contacts with them. In fact, we have diplomatic representation in countries like Nigeria and so on. Where there are wrong elements, we will exercise due diligence. What we must do as leaders is to send out clear messages to parents and students that when they encounter strangers out there, ... view
• 2 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, with regard to the issue raised by Mr. Imanyara, we have a reciprocal relationship with China. We are working on a protocol for prison exchange. Once it is ready, we will be able to see how we can exchange prisoners. We also know that even in this country, we passed a law that prescribes very harsh penalties on drugs; both trafficking and consumption. Many countries have similar penalties and we cannot possibly interfere with their local jurisdiction. However, we do believe that given the cordial and warm relations with China and the representation we have given to ... view