Wakoli Bifwoli

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Entries 1121 to 1130 of 1331.

• 18 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Yes, I am aware that there is a backlog of pending cases at the Advocates Complaints Commission. (b) The Attorney-General has taken and is taking several steps, amongst which are:- 1. From a manual record management system, the computerisation of the Commission's Registry has commenced. A data clean-up has been finalised in preparation for automation of the Commission's services under the Governance, Justice, Law and Order Sector (GJLOS) Reform Programme. The proposed project will cost Kshs4,850,000 to fully implement the computerisation at the Advocates Commission Registry. (ii) The shortage of staff ... view
• 18 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member has raised a very important issue. It is highly unprofessional, immoral and, in fact, criminal for an advocate not to account for the amount of money he has received to the client, particularly in cases where the complainant has been disabled as a result of an accident. In addition to being struck off, we are undertaking prosecutions for theft of clients' money. I have approved very many such cases. However, to answer the hon. Member's question, if an advocate receives money, he should account to his client within 14 days. There are cases ... view
• 18 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if the Complaints Commission and the Disciplinary Committee are working efficiently, this problem can be dealt with. They have now began doing so and we are clearing the backlog. We shall deal with all these advocates, not only through the Disciplinary Committee, but also the criminal process will be used to charge them with theft of clients' money, so that they are my guests in prison. view
• 18 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, to the extent that there could be advocates who have stolen clients' money and are still practising, I do not want to deny that. That is a possibility. However, I can assure the House that once a report is received by the Complaints Commission, it is processed and if it is true, it leads to a disciplinary action. Those are the type of examples I was giving to the House. I was saying that the Advocates Complaints Commission and the Disciplinary Committee are now working double. We are now getting more advocates either suspended or struck ... view
• 18 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the programme for opening the offices is in our strategic plan. As far as Kisii is concerned, the offices will be opened during the next financial year. This has been programmed. The offices that will be opened during this financial year are in Mombasa and Eldoret. All the others will be opened the following financial year. view
• 17 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you heard the Assistant Minister say that some Ministries have refused to implement the issue of new districts. view
• 17 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Assistant Minister said that some Ministries have refused to implement the use of the new districts. Mr. Angwenyi stood on a point of order to ask whether the Ministries have refused to recognise the new districts. Up to now, the Assistant Minister has not answered that. Will the Ministry of Education implement their policies using the new districts, or will they only recognise the old districts?" Why did they post the District Education Officers, if they are not recruiting teachers? view
• 17 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think it can be deferred, but not to next week or the week following. view
• 17 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: This week? view
• 17 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: That is okay. view