Njoki Ndung'u

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• 5 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 6 of the Bill be amended in subsection (1) by deleting paragraph (g). This subsection talks about the witness having a criminal record, particularly a record of crimes of violence and whether the record indicates a risk to the public or if the witness is included in the programme. In other words, a person who has this kind of background will be excluded from the witness protection programme. We are proposing that the Attorney-General should not be the only one who should determine which participants can be availed this ... view
• 5 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 7 of the Bill be amended in subsection (2) by inserting the words "and other identification documents" immediately after the word "passports" appearing in paragraph (c). The rationale of this amendment is that the identification documents have been restricted to passports only. We use more than just the passports. Therefore, identification documents should be expanded. view
• 5 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I wish to withdraw the proposed amendment. view
• 5 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I wish to withdraw the proposed amendment. view
• 5 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: December 5, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 4131 view
• 5 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 36 of the Bill be amended in subsection (1) by deleting the word "Minister," and substituting therefor the words "Attorney-General". This will ensure that it is consistent with the rest of the Bill and also to emphasise that the Attorney-General is in charge of the programme and not the Minister. view
• 5 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I am truly sorry. However, I think the responsibility of Committees which Bills go to, is not only to look at the substance of a Bill but also the technical legal drafting language. For the hon. Members who are in the House, if you look at the preceding Clause 35, it talks about the Attorney-General while Clause 36 talks about the Minister. The proposal is to just make sure we have been consistent and neat in our work. It is not taking away one from the other. However, we cannot talk about the Attorney-General consistently ... view
• 5 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, the long title of the Bill be amended by inserting the words "commissions of inquiry" immediately after the word "cases". You will notice that in the Memorandum of Objects and Reasons, the principal object of this Bill is to provide and regulate the operations of a scheme of the protection of witnesses in criminal cases, commissions of inquiry and the like. We are just making the title consistent with the Memorandum. That is the reason for the proposal. view
• 5 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to join in supporting this Bill. It is long overdue. At last, we have some protection for whistle-blowers. At the same time, I hope the focus would not just be on witnesses on cases of corruption and economic crimes. We really need to get to the ground and protect those witnesses who could testify in murders, rapes and robberies. I hope the Minister will be able to ensure that there will be public education, so as to alert the public on what is available to them in terms of protection under this Act. view
• 29 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 2 of the Bill be amended- (a) in paragraph (b) by inserting the words "brother and sister" immediately after the word "child". (b) in paragraph (c) to read as follows- "any dependant grandparent, parent, grandchild, or ward living in the same household as the refugee." The reason for the first part of the amendment to this clause is that there are many refugees who have immediate brothers and sisters who are under the age of 18, and the manner in which this paragraph was phrased in the Bill leaves ... view