11 Nov 2015 in National Assembly:
(c) without lawful excuse disobeys an order or
view
11 Nov 2015 in National Assembly:
direction of the Court in the course of the hearing of a proceeding, commits an offence. (3) In the case of civil proceedings, the willful disobedience of any judgment, decree, direction, order, or other process of a court or willful breach of an undertaking given to a court constitutes contempt of court. (4) In the case of criminal proceedings, the publication, whether by words, spoken or written, by signs, visible representation, or otherwise, of any matters or the doing of any other act which— (a) scandalizes or tends to scandalize, or lowers or tends to lower the judicial authority or ...
view
11 Nov 2015 in National Assembly:
tends to obstruct the administration of justice, constitutes contempt of court. (5) A police officer, with or without the assistance of any other person, may, by order of a judge of the Court, take into custody and detain a person who commits an offence under subsection (2) until the rising of the Court. (6) The Court may sentence a person who commits an offence under subsection (1) to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five days, or a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand shillings, or both. (7) A person may appeal against an order of the Court made by ...
view
10 Nov 2015 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I have just listened very keenly to the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing make his presentation with respect to the petition that was made by long distance truck drivers. This is a very serious matter. The EACC, in its quarterly report, made a report to this House to take action with respect to this question of weighbridges. I would have expected one of the recommendations to be directed to Hon. Asman Kamama’s Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security so that they can deal conclusively with this question of corruption ...
view
10 Nov 2015 in National Assembly:
indiscipline on the part of the Judiciary. That is misuse and abuse of power which the Judiciary has been granted. They cannot use it to stop lawful instructions which have been issued to officers. We should have seen a recommendation against the Judiciary here and it should have come to our Committee, so that we can also take action with regard to the Judiciary. Certain orders that are being issued, including the ones gagging Parliament from exercising its diplomatic right of freedom of speech, are wrong. We are told that when matters come before us we cannot discuss them. That ...
view
29 Oct 2015 in National Assembly:
On a point of order, Hon. Speaker.
view
29 Oct 2015 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I have tremendous respect for the Deputy Leader of the Minority Party. He is a leader in this House. So, we exchange words generally in jest, nothing out of malice. I want to inform him that the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs has considered the two Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bills. One is for the Senate and the other one will be considered by this House. We tabled the Report yesterday. Maybe, Members would need to look at the Report. We have looked at all the clauses. We have even determined others to be ...
view
29 Oct 2015 in National Assembly:
I thank you, Hon. Speaker. I would like to thank the Leader of the Majority Party for the very comprehensive comments that he has made with respect to this Bill. This Bill will be concluded in this House. It is not intended to be referred to the Senate because all matters covered in it are matters of a national nature. The Statute Law (Miscellaneous The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
view