Wakoli Bifwoli

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• 15 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is really no time limit as such. view
• 15 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if the hon. Member had listened very carefully, I laid down the procedure where after obtaining a decree and a certificate of costs, the Government is under obligation to pay immediately. However, if all else fails, in my capacity as the Attorney-General, as the holder of public and national interests, the litigants, - and I am also responsible for the litigants – have a right to go to court in the manner that I have outlined. view
• 15 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware of the judgment delivered in Criminal Case No.51 of 2005 on 18th September, 2007. But the Court’s directive was not that I prosecute, but that I order professional criminal investigations to be conducted in respect to some witnesses to establish whether the offences of perjury and conspiracy to defeat the ends of justice had been committed and, if so, to prosecute the same. (b) Prior to the conclusion of the case, the Attorney-General had already become aware and had come to the same conclusion as the court ... view
• 15 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I have just replied, I have directed the Director of Criminal Investigations to carry out further investigations as directed by the judge. I had come to the same conclusion but I am yet to receive the investigation file from the Director of Criminal Investigations. view
• 15 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have sent reminders to the Director of Criminal Investigations Department, but I am yet to receive the investigation file. Fortunately, whereas under the previous Constitution I view
• 15 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, your concern is also my concern, that the Police Commissioner, through the Director of Criminal Investigations, has not been complying and there are a number of files with directions to investigate. Under the previous Constitution, the Attorney-General could not enforce the directive, because the Criminal Investigation Department is answerable to the Police Commissioner and to the Minister in charge of internal security; the situation was not as at the time of Independence when the Directorate of Criminal Investigations was answerable to and was part of the State Law Office. When you talk about the issue ... view
• 15 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, what we are now doing is that when we ask the Commissioner of Police to investigate a case, we give some indication of the time within which we expect a completed investigation file on our desk, or when we expect an interim report on the status of investigation and when the Commissioner of Police expects to complete the investigations. This is because time to investigate each case varies. In this particular case, it should not have taken more than 30 days, because it was just a question of taking statements and specimens and coming back ... view
• 15 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I cannot really table the names of those who conspired because the investigations can be prejudiced. What we are doing in many of these cases, where the police have had a long time to investigate and there has been no response, the Chief Public Prosecutor is giving the police 30 days to comply in accordance with the new Constitution. view
• 15 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The land lease period remaining for foreign owned estates of Unilever Tea (K) Ltd, George Williamson (K) Ltd and James Finlays will expire in the year 2919 meaning there is a balance of 909 years. The said lease balance will be subjected to the provisions of Article 65 of the new Constitution whereby the allotees will surrender the 999 year lease in exchange of 99 years once the appropriate legal framework and mechanism is in place. Obviously, the legislation envisaged by the Constitution must be enacted within the timelines provided in ... view
• 15 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when we pass the national land policy. Our Ministry has embarked on preparing a Bill, so that the new lease of 99 years will be effective from the day we pass it in this House. view