Mutula Kilonzo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 741 to 750 of 1275.

• 15 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I humbly recommend this to my country. I recommend that the judges who will be appointed, and those who are going to be vetted, must be examined on clause 2 of paragraph 213 of these Bangalore provisions on the principles of judicial conduct. view
• 15 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Again page 214 is very important, because Kenyans appear before the courts with judges. It says:- “A judge must channel anger appropriately no matter what the provocation. The judicial response must be a judicious one. Even if provoked by a lawyer’s rude conduct, the judge must take appropriate steps to control the court room without retaliating. If a reprimand is warranted, it will sometimes be appropriate that it takes place separately from the disposition of the hearing of the matter before the court. It is never appropriate for a judge to interrupt a lawyer repeatedly without justification or be abusive ... view
• 15 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Again with extreme humility, I recommend this process to my beautiful country, because you will recall that even in the course of last year, we had three courts which were being boycotted by lawyers, who had arguments to advance. Therefore, when we use the word “temperament” in this Bill, we are being guided by these principles which form the international best practice. view
• 15 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Let me also talk of Clause 215 at page 141 in the Bangalore Principles. This is headed “Patience, Dignity and Courtesy are Essential Attributes”. It states: “In court and in chambers, a judge should always act courteously and respect the dignity of those who have business there. A judge should also require similar courtesy from those who appear before him or her and from court staff and others subject to the judge’s direction or control. A judge should be above personal animosities, and must not have favourites amongst advocates appearing before the court. Unjustified reprimand of counsel, offensive remarks about ... view
• 15 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rest my case on that point of temperance. I would like to assure this House and the country, that the use of the word “temperance” in our proposals in this Bill were advised by the knowledge of these principles. The least I can do is that the experience, the knowledge and the skills that I have are held in trust for Kenyans, and if I do not advance them, then I would be failing in that function. view
• 15 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Mr. Mungatana also talked about interviews in private. I will welcome any intervention in this Bill for amendment, but remember that the people who will seek to become judges are people who are very advanced in their skills and they have families. So, they do not want their private lives exposed in a manner that should they fail to be accepted, hired or be recruited then their careers will be damaged. I seem to remember very painfully an issue that arose in this House regarding the Director of Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC), when one of ... view
• 15 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Prof. Ongeri made certain proposals and we are looking at them. We are going to consider his proposal, particularly on Clause 13(c ) (e), that is, we must protect judges from flimsy complaints. In fact, for the benefit of Prof. Ongeri, it is important for the country to know that when we were passing this Constitution for ourselves, we did not actually provide in Article 162 for a procedure for complaints against judges in the superior courts. The only procedure provided for in the current Constitution is for complaints against the magistrates and not the ... view
• 15 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Maina spoke very well. He supported this Bill and the question of retaining money by the Judiciary was not acceptable to him. I want to persuade him that so long as Parliament has already passed the Budget, or the Estimates, if the Judiciary, by the end of the financial year, has not applied the money, I see no harm whatsoever in having it retain it so long as it has been approved by Parliament in the Estimates. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we cannot afford to continue condemning our Judiciary generally. We cannot afford to appear to be the ... view
• 15 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: The reason, again, is to say to my country that this law is not a personal property; anybody who has ideas that can come forth, please, bring them. Eng. Gumbo, again, I thank you. I welcome your comments. I will look forward to the draft that you will present to amend Article 18 and then we can discuss it. I accept that any regulations made under Clause 47 be required by law to be tabled in the House, because, yet again, this Judiciary is everything to us. Mr. Muthama, my good brother, I want to assure you that I accept ... view
• 15 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, many people continue thinking that when we talk about witness protection, we are talking about the ICC; not at all. In fact, as the Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs, my focus remains witnesses on drugs and drug trafficking, paedophilia, corruption and very many far reaching issues, including even rape. We have had situations where our women may be raped, but because of the stigma attached to rape, they are reluctant to come forth. Therefore, these evil people think that a woman cannot say yes on her own, she requires to be forced. ... view