Wakoli Bifwoli

All parliamentary appearances

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• 7 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the House doth agree with the Committee in the said Report. view
• 7 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the Witness Protection (Amendment) Bill, be now read the Third Time. view
• 6 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if this Question had been directed to me in the first instance, I would definitely have come here prepared but I notice for the first time that it is a Question addressed to the Ministry of Education. It appears to be a dispute before Kisumu Chief Magistrate’s Court Civil Case No.311/2008 and I will need a bit of time to look into it, particularly bearing in mind that it is a Kisumu case. I do not know when the auctioneers are going to auction this property but we can look into it and see whether there ... view
• 6 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the Witness Protection (Amendment) Bill, 2010, be read a Second Time. view
• 6 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: This august House did see the necessity, need and the importance of witness protection in our criminal justice system. That is why they enacted the Act in 2006, an Act which was assented to by His Excellency the President on 31st December, 2006. There have been some reports that we are just enacting this amendment because of the post election violence; I want to emphasize that the Government saw the need to have this legislation in place in 2006, well before the 2007 General Election. view
• 6 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I stated earlier, the Government and this House saw the need and the importance of witness protection in our criminal justice system. At that time, criminality and organized crime in this country had reached levels in which it was becoming very difficult to carry out successful criminal investigations because of threats, intimidation and even deaths of crucial witnesses. As you know, a crime may be committed, but if there are no witnesses, a criminal prosecution cannot be sustained in court. So, the importance of credible truthful witnesses who are able to withstand cross-examination in ... view
• 6 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: I will not be too long because this House has already enacted this legislation. This legislation has now become very important. Part of the experiences that we have had and the successes that we have gained since the enactment of this Bill is that, first of all, we have published the Witness Protection Regulations. The Witness Protection Regulations are the regulations which have enabled the Government to constitute a Witness Protection Unit, which has the mandate that has been set out under the existing legislation. The Witness Protection Unit also has a mandate to put the witness protection programme in ... view
• 6 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, first of all, I want to thank most profusely all the Members who have contributed to this Bill. They have contributed in a very positive way in that all of them are supporting this Bill. view
• 6 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, witness protection is not an easy thing. It is a highly skillful and complicated system which operates to protect witnesses. We are the view
• 1 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I support this amendment, because political leaders are becoming bullies to people who are popular, and who can speak their minds. It is time that people are given the chance to be positively critical, so that when you criticize your leader, you have the freedom to do so and he does not hold you back at the last minute. This is because if you are critical you are viewed as a threat. This is the time for people who are honest and independent-minded to be given the opportunity, so that ... view