Wakoli Bifwoli

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I stand to oppose this amendment. I oppose it because it is your duty as Chairman, Speaker and all Members of Parliament to ensure that the laws we pass here are in accordance with the Constitution. As you are aware, the Constitution is the supreme law and any Act of Parliament that is contrary to any provision in the Constitution--- Section 3 of the Constitution is very clear. That Act of Parliament is null and avoid to the extent of inconsistency. What we are debating here is not a constitutional amendment. What we are trying ... view
• 11 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: First of all, we are talking about criminal law here. What we have stated in criminal law holds. You have brought in this element of civil and I think my learned friend did equate Subsection 2 which deals with civil proceedings. view
• 11 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: This is a Committee Stage and are opposed to this. Call the Vote if need be. view
• 11 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: 4078 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES December 11, 2008 view
• 11 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to move that the Committee doth report to the House its consideration of The International Crimes Bill and its approval thereof with amendments. view
• 11 Dec 2008 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
• 11 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that The International Crimes Bill be now read the Third Time. view
• 11 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: If I may just make one comment on this, I am particularly moved that at long last we are domesticating the Rome Statute, which estbalishes the International Criminal Court (ICC). I recollect that about 28 years ago, in 1980, in a town outside The Hague, I, together with some other people called for the establishment of the ICC, but we never thought it would become a reality in our day. But it has become a reality and today Kenya is joining others in domesticating the Rome Statute, which we have already ratified. view
• 11 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: I just wish to remind people that the Rome Statute places primary responsibility on the nation states to investigate and prosecute the crimes which are enshrined therein. It does not place primary responsibility on the ICC. The resposnibility is on the nation state to investigate and prosecute those crimes. It is only where the nation state is either unwilling or unable to genuinely investigate and prosecute crimes that the ICC may come in. view
• 11 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I beg to move. view