Robert Mbui

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: do what brought us to this House – which is to represent the people who seek to ensure that their lives are improved by the leaders that they elect every time. view
• 13 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: The Chief Justice was on record saying that there is a heavy case load in Kenyan courts. Due to that, there is obviously need for some of these cases to be handled in different ways. In fact, he said that we need to look for alternative dispute resolution mechanisms. He even implied that we go traditional. That means if you have wronged me, I can go and talk to some character at home there and make sure that whatever they do, will make you pay me back. What was making him get to that position was because of the pressure ... view
• 13 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Kenyans are highly discouraged from going to court. Much as we keep threatening each other with suing each other, a lot of times people do not go to court. There are several things that discourage Kenyans. The first one is the speedy implementation of justice. We go to court and a case can be heard for years on end. This has been happening from time immemorial. I guess that this Bill is talking about instant justice. When you go to court and you get the ruling within a day or a maximum of three days, that is just great. That ... view
• 13 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: The other thing that discourages Kenyans from going to court is the very high cost. This Bill has dealt with that issue because the cost of advocates and the very high cost that get incurred by Kenyans going to court will be reduced. This encourages Kenyans to go to court on minor issues that require justice. view
• 13 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: The other discouragement that has been sorted out here is the language barrier. We know that Kenyans understand English and Kiswahili and their traditional or local languages. The language that is spoken in most courts of law is legal. Some of us with degrees sometimes get lost. The language barrier is being sorted out by this Bill where there will be proper effective communication in whatever language the ones who are handling the case want to communicate in. So, that will help in sorting out that problem. view
• 13 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: The other issue or problem that Kenyans have is in proximity to courts. You can imagine somebody coming from North Eastern to seek justice in far places. So, with the idea of bringing these courts to the sub county that means that justice will be within easy reach. That will encourage more Kenyans to seek help. Because these problems always exist, Kenyans have come up with their own ways of resolving them. One of the solutions they have had for their cases is to go to vigilante groups like the Mungiki to seek justice. Because it is expensive and it ... view
• 13 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: , you might end up going to the police. This is what happens. The police also create what we call kangaroo courts to give justice. Recently, I had a constituent who had a problem. Somebody grazed his goats in his farm and damaged his flowers. As is normal in natural justice, he confiscated the goats so that he could seek some compensation. The compensation was as little as Kshs500 but a policeman was involved in this case. He came in and arrested my constituent because he had kept those goats overnight because they had damaged flowers. That is totally against ... view
• 13 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I support this Bill very strongly. I believe that this is the way to go. As I sit, I was shocked by Hon. Soipan but we talked and she cleared the air. She mentioned the words “justice chap chap” on the Floor of the House. I felt that the words were not Swahili. Where I come from in Machakos, chap chap is synonymous with propaganda and I did not want that to stain this very good law. I rest my case. view
• 13 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you. I support. view
• 7 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I am even on my feet. I support the amendment because the real purpose of the Title is to explain, in a nutshell, what the Bill is all about. The new title has captured it adequately. I strongly support. view