Paul Otiende Amollo

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• 16 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: advantages under this Act, it is dangerous. Any one person will not be dominant depending on what you define society as, whether it is Parliament or otherwise. Four, in Clause 10(a)(iii), the Bill proposes the idea that the political parties fund once given to political parties will be used in a certain way. It reads: “Facilitating party candidates in campaigns.” Can we now start asking the parties to fund our campaigns, especially the campaigns of those who belong to the special interest groups? In other words, shall we now be asking parties to fund candidates who are either under youths, ... view
• 16 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you. In any event, Hon. Speaker, the Member did not listen to me clearly. view
• 16 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I am going to address that. But first, let me just say that the intervention by my learned brother is actually not inconsistent with what I said. I think he did not just get what I said clearly. I said the Members of Parliament interfered with the number of constituencies, not that they introduced the idea of one- third gender rule. The idea of one-third gender rule came from public participation and it was in the Bomas Draft and all the subsequent drafts and we adopted it. So, we are actually on the same page. On ... view
• 16 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: for activists as some Members have said? I am happy to be one of those activists. But if the other Members believe it is not, then they must have the courage to say we do not want that principle. But if we want the principle, then we must bite the bullet. We must have provisions similar to what we have at the county assemblies, for the National Assembly and at the Senate. Those are questions we cannot answer in legislation. We must answer them in the Constitution. And I think the ideal time to answer them is in the context ... view
• 2 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to oppose this proposed Bill that is amending the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act. I have perused and read the report by the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs on this proposal. I note the observation that the proposal would be a violation of the rights of an accused person. On page 13, they cited a decision of the Supreme Court. That is the correct position. If this Bill is passed, it would be a violation of the Constitution. Article 50(2)(p) gives every accused person the benefit of the least severe ... view
• 2 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thirdly, it must be noted that there is also space for what we call plea bargaining. That space derives directly from the Constitution in Article 159(2)(c), which allows alternative dispute resolution methods. This is an avenue that has been used, not just in this country, but in many others. Sometimes, when you find yourself in the situation we are in where corruption is so severe and a lot of money is out there, you come to a reasonable term and say that if someone has stolen Kshs100 million, he should bring Kshs95 million and be allowed to keep Kshs5 million ... view
• 2 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: There is also a conceptual problem in terms of how we handle corruption. We started by establishing an anti-corruption body by administrative fiat. We then moved to a statutory body The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 2 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: and a constitutional body which is what the EACC is now. We abandoned that constitutional body because we decided it was not working. We have now focused the war on corruption through the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), which is not even constitutional or statutory. We are in this dilemma of having a whole regime of anti-corruption laws and bodies, but going back to where we started from of traditionally enforcing anti-corruption laws through the police. Even those who we have appointed to the EACC, we have conceptually been unclear on their role. Initially, they were full-time, and then they ... view
• 1 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Speaker. view
• 1 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise under Standing Order No.1. In a sense, some of the waters which we are travelling through this afternoon may not have been well trodden. Hon. Speaker, I rise on a point of order so that you can direct us. In a situation where the Chair of the Committee tables the majority report and another Member of that same Committee tables a minority report, is it in order to vote on that issue without debating it? This is a House of record. Even when you approve or reject a Motion it is important to us. ... view