Wakoli Bifwoli

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 871 to 880 of 1336.

• 7 May 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Clause 6 then states that the crimes for which one may be taken to stand trial before the ICC are only in the cases of genocide, crimes against humanity or war crimes. Let me also inform the National Assembly that, very soon, there will be a fourth category called the crime of aggression. But the definition of what amounts to aggression is currently still being debated at the UN. This is very, very carefully defined: Aggression could unwittingly be the exercise of a people to exercise their fundamental right to self-determination, the war of liberation and ... view
• 7 May 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to congratulate you for enlivening the session this afternoon. I just wish to thank all those who have spoken in support of this International Crimes Bill. Mr. Githae mentioned, and quite rightly so, that it is there to prevent rather than coming in after the event has occurred. However, prevention is not for the court. Prevention lies elsewhere. It lies with the people of Kenya and the Government of Kenya. Prevention, at the international level, lies with the Security Council of the UN which can come in to prevent. In fact, under the ... view
• 6 May 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that The Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Bill be now read a Second Time. This is yet another Bill which tries to reform our penal laws and procedures to comply with the international standards relating to the conduct of the criminal justice system. It may be recalled that in the 1990s, I set up a task force on penal laws and procedures, which was chaired by Justice Luttah and which made many recommendations. This House debated those recommendations under the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, which introduced noble ideas such as taking into account the ... view
• 6 May 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. I wish to thank hon. Members who have made sterling contributions to this Bill. These include the Seconder, Mr. M. Kilonzo, my two former Deputy Attorney-Generals, that is, Messrs. Mungatana and Githae, May 6, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 855 the Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs, Ms. Karua, the crusader for children's rights Ms. Odhiambo and my dear friend and colleague Mr. Nyamweya. It is the first time actually I have heard him speak in this House. Congratulations! They have all made useful comments which, of course, we are going to ... view
• 15 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Are the hon. Members in order to raise these points of order? It is clear, under Section 21 of the Constitution of Kenya, that a Minister or an Assistant Minister shall not enter upon the duties of the office unless he has taken the prescribed Oath of Allegiance and such oath for the due execution of his duties? Consequently, they can sit anywhere! view
• 25 Mar 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to seek clarification from the Minister concerning a student who never sat certain subjects, but he was given grade "A". How is it that somebody never sat an examination and he got an "A"? Why is the Minister calling this a computer error? How was this information fed into the computer? Mr. Speaker, Sir, it looks like this is some sort of sabotage of schools that were excelling in Western and Nyanza provinces. They were merely targeted, because the names of principals were being printed on the envelops instead of the code numbers, as ... view
• 20 Mar 2008 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Does it mean that the country comes to a standstill just because some Ministers are not available? You should make a decision and order them to come around. view
• 20 Mar 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Let me use this chance to contribute towards the Presidential Speech. First of all, I want to take this chance to congratulate you for being elected the Speaker of the Tenth Parliament. I also would like to take this chance to thank the people of Bumula for electing me again. So many of them voted for me that I have no doubt that the people of Bumula have faith in me. I want to take this chance to thank them. With regard to the Presidential Speech and what happened after the 2007 General Election, I ... view
• 20 Mar 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not need to respond to that. It is common knowledge that this afternoon, they are going to meet in Harambee House. view
• 20 Mar 2008 in National Assembly: I withdraw, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view