Peter Mwathi

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• 21 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: The Committee held nine meetings. It had an opportunity to receive submissions from parliamentary staff, Hon. Fatuma Gedi who was invited to give evidence, Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and other officers under him. Therefore, the question for determination by this Committee during the inquiry was simply to determine whether Hon. Fatuma misused official information contrary to the said Section. view
• 21 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: In doing so, we keenly looked at the evidence which was submitted by all the witnesses who appeared before the Committee, including Hon. Fatuma Gedi. All that information is available in our Committee. We arrived at the following determination. The Member directly used the information obtained through or in connection with her office, as she rightly said that view
• 21 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: 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
• 21 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: she got the letter from the staffer and she owned up that fact, as a Member of Parliament, which was not available in the public domain. The conduct of the Member of leaking the official letter dated 21st February 2019 by the DCI to the Office of the Clerk reflected adversely on the dignity and integrity of the National Assembly and its Members. It was also contrary to the best interests of the National Assembly and the Members. Consequently, pursuant to Section 22 of the Leadership and Integrity Act as read together with Section 16(e) of the Parliamentary Powers and ... view
• 21 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Section 16(e) of the Parliamentary Powers and Privileges Act provides for the conduct which constitute breach. It states that the National Assembly Committee of Powers and Privileges may find a Member in breach of privilege, if he or she conducts himself or herself in a manner which, in the opinion of the Committee, is intended or is likely to reflect adversely on the dignity or integrity of Parliament or of its Members, or to be contrary to their best interest. view
• 21 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Therefore, based on the observations and findings of the Committee, the Report hence recommends that the House, pursuant to Section 17(3)(b) of the Parliamentary Powers and Privileges Act, 2017, reprimands Hon. Fatuma Gedi for conducting herself in a manner that reflected adversely on the dignity of the House and its Members, and contrary to their best interest. It is also noteworthy - and this is very important - that the parliamentary staff in question who gave that letter to the Hon. Member was also disciplined and reprimanded by the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) as the Committee’s jurisdiction was only limited ... view
• 21 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: With those many remarks, Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the Motion and ask Hon. Vincent Tuwei to second. view
• 21 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I do not envy your position. However, the way you have put the matter is good. You are in catch-22 situation where you have to preside over the Committee as the Chair, as well as preside over the House. view
• 21 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: I want to thank all the Members who contributed, notwithstanding the pressure that is there. As I reply, let me start by stating the following. One, Hon. Members, it is a fact that a document was leaked out. It is a fact that a staffer has already owned up that that document was leaked out. It is a fact that one of us also accepted receipt of the document. Those are facts. I do not know how it was handled thereafter, including saying that she left it at the Member’s lounge. However, it leaked in the next hour after that. ... view
• 21 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: As to whether there are African ways of solving this issue, probably, they are there, but they are not legislated. We are using what we have, which is the Parliamentary Powers and Privileges Act, which gives us the mandate. Therefore, the Act gives us the strength and mandate to sort out the issues as they come. Members, we have worse penalties in the Act. We have eight different penalties, but we settled on a lesser one, so that it becomes a deterrent to us and the staff. Even as the Question is being put, we need to tell ourselves which ... view