Wakoli Bifwoli

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. In the history of this world since God created it, men have never imitated women. view
• 2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I stand to be guided by you. As you are aware, I had actually answered and laid on the Table the Fourth Quarterly Report of the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC) covering the period up to 31st December, 2010. Hon. Kombo said that since he had not read the Report, we continue today. I do not know whether he should start by questioning me on it or should I read again what I had read yesterday? I stand to be guided here. view
• 2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for that guidance. Actually, the first document that I laid consisted of cumulative cases that I received from the KACC which covered the period up to 31st January, 2011. So, the additional cases I have got were in the first document that I laid on the Table. I then laid the two Quarterly Reports which have been laid on the Table since Prof. PLO Lumumba became the Director of KACC. According to me, that sort of explained everything. However, I can relay them again. view
• 2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as to part (b) of the Question, the recommendations that the KACC made in respect of each of the files submitted to me and my action thereon and the reasons therefore are set out in great detail in the Reports that I have laid in this House. view
• 2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is true that if you look at the two quarterly reports, particularly the last pages of each report which contains a statistical summary of files forwarded to the Attorney-General, we have agreed on nearly all the files so that by the end of that quarter there were no files awaiting the Attorney-General’s action. This applies to both quarters. However, there are two files in the second and third quarters where as the hon. Member states, we had to return the file because we felt that there were many areas which required further investigations and resubmission. I ... view
• 2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to state that I have not received any such file concerning the investigations of the drug-related cases either from the KACC or the Commissioner of Police. I stand to be corrected, but I believe that the position of the Director of the KACC was that the investigation into the drug-related cases did not come within the purview of the Anti-Corruption Economic Crimes Act. He, therefore, left the matter to be dealt with by the Department of Criminal Investigations. I am yet to receive any report to that regard. view
• 2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am not aware of any file where the KACC only refers to me incriminating evidence and not evidence that can acquit the accused person. The ethics governing investigations and criminal procedure is that we are not here to condemn or acquit. We are prosecutors and this is in our national prosecution policy, which I launched last year. A prosecutor must submit to the court all the evidence relating to that case, whether it supports the prosecution or not and it is up to the court to decide. The job of the prosecutor is to ensure that ... view
• 2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I hope the Member is asking for a further extension before I retire, so that I can deal with all these cases. The fact of the matter is that one cannot prosecute all the cases by the time he retires. I am the last Attorney-General who is also the prosecutor. Since 27th August, 2010, I am wearing two huts, namely, for the Attorney-General and the Director of Public Prosecutions. That is why I recently called for the appointment of the Director of Public Prosecutions, so that there is a proper appointment under the Constitution of an Attorney-General ... view
• 2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, my opinion on this matter is that now that we are going to have a Director of Public Prosecutions, a constitutional office, devoted to nothing else but prosecutions, he should continue to prosecute corruption cases. When the KACC was being constituted, I read a number of documents, some from Transparency International, by experts who had been dealing with this issue and they felt that for mega corruption or any serious crime, it is too dangerous for one institution to be charged with investigative powers plus prosecutorial powers. That power corrupts and absolute power corrupts completely. This applies ... view
• 2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I stand to beg the indulgence of the Chair to give us more time to look for the answer. view