Timothy Wanyonyi Wetangula

All parliamentary appearances

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• 8 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this time to contribute to this Bill. First, I will contribute on the setting up of special units in police stations to protect victims of sexual offences. We have seen many situations in police stations when a victim of a sexual offence comes to report and she is exposed to something that seriously embarrasses her or something that makes her shy away from even disclosing the issue that has brought her to the police station. It requires some confidence for somebody to confide in the police what has happened. So, this ... view
• 8 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Plea bargaining is a very dangerous thing and should not be allowed in any of our legislations in these kind of offences because it demeans and indignifies the victims who have suffered sexual offences. This is something that sometimes, the person who has committed the offence comes around and tries to persuade the parents of the child to agree on some compensation and then they do away with the case. This is something that we should look at very carefully because it should not be allowed anywhere in our legislation. view
• 8 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: I also want to comment of Section II of this Bill. I believe that this is a section we should be very careful about because we would like to give some leeway to ourselves. When you just say touching and doing all manner of things, these are ambiguous definitions. They will bring a lot ambiguity in law and law must be precise. It should not have any ambiguity. We do not legislate in vain. We must legislate and make sure that the laws we have passed can be used to protect and deter some people from committing certain offences. So, ... view
• 8 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: I believe that when we legislate, we should also mind our cultural values because we are a country of diverse communities and cultural practices. You will find some of these things defined as indecent, may not be indecent is some other communities. In some other areas, you will find that such a thing is a normal. So, we must be very careful when we describe some things because it will bring conflict in some of our cultural values and practices. view
• 8 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Finally, I also want to commend Hon. Mutua. I believe that when we come to the Committee of the whole House, we should do a proper clean-up of this Bill so that we come up with a refined legislation that will add value to our laws so that we have pieces of legislation that are properly crafted and can be used. Laws are open to interpretation and they must give room for the courts to interpret and get offences that are committed be punished. view
• 8 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: I would like to end there. I support part of this Bill but I will propose some amendments when it comes in the next stage. view
• 7 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Chairman, I support this amendment. However, I wanted to speak to sub clause (3). view
• 7 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I had wanted to speak to the earlier amendment by Hon. Kamama, which has already passed. view
• 1 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this chance to contribute to the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendment) Bill. First, I will talk on the issue of the Judiciary. This is a very good amendment. When you look at other jurisdictions, you 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
• 1 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: find that in the transition from a retiring Chief Justice and if a vacancy falls in that office, there is a provision on how it will be filled. There should be no vacancy in that office. You find that the next senior-most judge always takes over in an acting position. This is very important because it ensures that there is no vacuum in that office. The office will always be functional and will always have a transitional mechanism that ensures that the office is not vacant. view