Wakoli Bifwoli

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1271 to 1280 of 1331.

• 22 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there may be some aspects I may be unable to answer. If you give me the discretion not to answer some supplementary questions because of the pending cases in court, I will answer the Question. view
• 22 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The Attorney-General instructed the Solicitor-General to identify the lawyers. (b) The lawyers were paid a total of Kshs72 million. (c) The lawyers may be working for other public bodies but this is a matter between the public bodies and the individual lawyers. It does not involve the Attorney-General. view
• 22 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, first of all, I am not aware of the letter of Kshs12 million that the hon. Member has referred to. However, I directed the Solicitor-General to identify the lawyers in accordance with the normal procedures. I am aware that the Solicitor-General carried out consultations with other parties to assuage namely, the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs that was party to the case, the Constitution of Kenya Review Commission and the Electoral Commission of Kenya. It is as a result of those consultations that the Solicitor-General appointed Dr. Kuria. The only letter I have in the ... view
• 22 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, a question has been asked as to whether I am a partner with the firm of Dr. Kuria so as to appoint him. The answer is "No". In identifying the June 22, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1563 lawyers, one has to take into account their experience. In a sensitive case such as this, one has to take into account lawyers who are committed to the cause. view
• 22 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are talking about six lawyers who were paid a total of Kshs72 million. This amount did not just go to one Gibson Kamau Kuria. It was paid to six lawyers equally, although Mr. Kuria is a Senior Counsel. As to whether I am satisfied with that payment, the Solicitor-General was guided by the Advocates Remuneration Order. These cases were prior to the referendum and they wanted to stop the referendum which was an exercise that had cost this country Kshs10 billion. I instructed the Solicitor-General to act in my absence because I went underground for ... view
• 22 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I can read out the names of the advocates but the most important thing here is the fact that Mr. Kamau Kuria was the first to be appointed because he is a Senior Counsel. The are very few Senior Counsel even in this House. As a Senior Counsel, he is supposed to identify the advocates who will work with him. It is a process that takes time before you come to appoint six advocates. view
• 22 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: 1564 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES June 22, 2006 view
• 22 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there should be no question of deferring the Question because as far as I am concerned, I have answered the Question. I have responded to the reason why they were paid Kshs72 million and why Mr. Kamau Kuria was the first one to be appointed; he is a Senior Counsel and he was supposed to identify lawyers he could work with in that case. view
• 22 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Energy:- (a) how many electricity projects have been implemented in Western Province since 2002 to date; (b) how many such projects are due for implementation in the province by the end of June, 2007; (c) whether he could table the list of these projects; and, (d) what the criteria of implementing electricity projects in the province is. view
• 22 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to state that this answer is very unsatisfactory because there is a lot of untruth in it. If you look at Mateka, the Assistant Minister says that the work is in progress. I am a teacher and I have consulted my dictionary but I am unable to understand this term "work in progress". view