Wakoli Bifwoli

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, my memory serves me very well and I do not remember saying that there are plots surrounding Kenyatta Beach unless he furnishes me with the information. Maybe, it will jog my memory. I remember I have never said that! view
• 13 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, compulsory acquisition is about property which a person got legally. But the Ministry is repossessing public land that was acquired illegally. view
• 13 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I can confirm that Kenyatta Beach will never be grabbed. But we cannot expand it because it is surrounded by private land. If the hon. Member has information regarding any land for a school or public land that was grabbed, and he has documentary evidence to prove that fact to my Ministry today, we will revoke that allocation. view
• 13 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I said earlier, we have never received any request that we acquire through compulsory methods. That is why we have not requested the Treasury to give us money to acquire land compulsorily. view
• 13 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, on 30th June, 2010, you directed that I table before this House copies of reports submitted to me by the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC) on its investigations into allegations of irregular importation and sale of maize by, and, or through the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) from the Strategic Grain Reserve (SGR) herein referred to as the maize scandal. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in regard to investigations into the maize scandal, I wish to confirm that on 30th June, 2010, I received from KACC a total of five separate enquiry files together with accompanying reports and recommendations ... view
• 13 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I recall a recent ruling that you delivered concerning a related report by the PricewaterhouseCoopers where you directed that if the matter is under active consideration by an investigative or other law enforcement agency, such agency should be given the necessary latitude to complete its task. I, therefore, humbly and respectfully submit that, that ruling applies to the matter at hand. This should wait the tabling of the quarterly report by the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC) through the Attorney-General or the annual report by the Attorney-General. It is for the foregoing reasons, that I humbly seek your ... view
• 13 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to assure the hon. Member, who is also my learned colleague, that nothing has been done here mischievously. It has been done taking into account, and to use his own words, “the significant constitutional issues that this matter raises”. So, let us not bring the issue mischievousness. You will agree and he has agreed that this issue raises significant constitutional issues. Because it raises serious constitutional issues, I am seeking your guidance on this matter. The HANSARD will bear me witness that when the Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security was making ... view
• 13 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I said that His Excellency the President had asked the KACC to investigate. Let me make it clear that under the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act, even an ordinary citizen of this land can ask the KACC to investigate a matter. On this matter, the President had asked the Commission to investigate and it wrote to the President directly. I believe that the letter was tabled. However, the issue of the report came out somehow and the Minister was asked to table the report. Since he did not have the report in the Office of the President ... view
• 13 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am concerned with my functions under the Act which require that on completion of investigations, the file will be handed over to the Attorney-General. These are the investigation reports which I have received in accordance with the Act, which I am now being asked to table in this House. That is why I have raised issues which I believe should be considered. You can make a formal ruling on them. view
• 13 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will not lower myself to answer that question because of the way he has asked it. I am slightly above that. I confirm that I am the Principal Legal Advisor to the Government but the issue before this House now is the production and tabling of the investigation reports which I have received pursuant to the Act. Therefore, I am within my rights to seek your guidance on the grave constitutional issues that have arisen. view