Wakoli Bifwoli

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• 11 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: (a) Those families of prison warders who perished in a road accident at Ruaraka on 1st December, 1994 and lodged their claims have been compensated through their advocates or directly. If any family has not been compensated, particulars should be supplied and then I will look into it. view
• 11 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: (b) Part (a) hereof applies. view
• 11 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, who are these people? I have said that those who lodged their claims have been paid, and if anyone has not been compensated, let me have their particulars and I will look into it. I just hope that the hon. Member is not being taken for a ride by the advocate, whom I personally prosecuted, were found guilty and fined Kshs800,000 but I appealed and the Court of Appeal gave a four-year jail term. The advocate has now come out of prison and is trying to revisit that issue. I just hope that the hon. Member is ... view
• 11 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the families of the deceased persons were represented by one advocate called M/s K.J. Kinyanjui Advocate, who received a cheque from the Kenya Government of Kshs52,170,300. Out of that amount, he paid to the families Kshs3,832,500. I successfully prosecuted him for having stolen the other money. When the matter went before the court, he actually said that he had paid. This is the amount that he had paid. That means that the balance was pocketed by him. We did not want the families to be deprived of what was lawfully due to them; so, we discovered a ... view
• 11 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: The way I discovered this was that this was the amount for deceased persons, which is the subject of this Question, but there was another amount for the injured persons, which is not the subject of this Question. I intercepted the second cheque of Kshs23,439,300, having discovered the fraud that was going on. We have dealt with it and we have paid. As far as the amount paid to families of deceased persons is concerned, that is the way we dealt with it. view
• 11 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am telling the hon. Member to give me the specific names of families view
• 11 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: 4060 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES December 11, 2008 who claim that they have not been compensated and we will look into it. As far as we are concerned, and according to records, M/s K.J. Kinyanjui paid them the amount that was due to them legally, although he had received a higher amount which he pocketed and for which I prosecuted him successfully. view
• 11 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I have said, our records show that the families have been paid the amounts which they were entitled to, and any amount which Mr. Kinyanjui pocketed, we have dealt with. There were some families which felt that they should get more. For example, Mr. Kinyanjui had agreed with one family that they would be paid Kshs2 million. According to the records that he filed, that family received Kshs250,000. When we went into it properly, that family challenged us in court and the court made the proper assessment, taking into account the degree of dependancy, multipliers and ... view
• 11 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I welcome the amendment. view
• 11 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I welcome the amendment. view