JM Waiganjo

Hon. Waiganjo Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to drop my amendment. (Proposed amendment by Hon. Waiganjo dropped)

Hon. Waiganjo Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to drop my amendment. (Proposed amendment by Hon. Waiganjo dropped)

Hon. Waiganjo Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to support this Bill. Today, we are very fortunate as a House because we are now able to ventilate and debate the most important pieces of legislation considering that we have seven months to go to party...

Hon. Waiganjo I am afraid, Hon. Speaker. I had logged in to contribute to the Legal Aid Bill. I have nothing to say on this Bill.

Hon. Waiganjo I support the Committee’s amendment. This particular Clause is simply meant to restrict the CJ on matters of making regulations. If the Bill was left the way it was before this amendment, then the CJ would be at liberty to make any regulation. Of course, I support so...

Hon. Waiganjo There cannot be a better amendment than this. We are living at a time when our Magistrates’ Courts, even though presided over by the Chief Magistrates--- There is Hon. Waiganjonothing more annoying than when a court is slated to start at 9.00 a.m. it starts at 10.00 a.m.,...

Hon. Waiganjo Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. My view is that Section 26 of the Environment and Land Court Act is the one that we are amending. Therefore, what we mean is that the CJ may now gazette magistrates. This was at the domain of the High Court. So,...

Hon. Waiganjo Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I support this amendment. It is a fundamental amendment because we have increasingly seen advocates and litigants in our courts that have no interest in finalising their matters asking for unnecessary adjournments. Those adjournments have escalated into ways of making more money. First of...

Hon. Waiganjo Duties of a Registrar can be carried out very effectively by an advocate of the High Court of Kenya. We are not reducing the expertise because a Judge of the High Court has equal footing actually with an advocate of the High Court. For me, the amendment as...

Hon. Waiganjo Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I agree with the Member for Homa Bay on the penalties he prescribes for contempt of court. First and foremost, he has explained very well that the contempt of court does not remove one from the realm of criminal liability. Therefore, when we talk...

Hon. Waiganjo On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. The Temporary Deputy Chairman (Hon. Kajwang’) : Can I hear from the Member for Ol Jorok who is on intervention? Speak to the amendment only. Hon. Waiganjo Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I want to speak to the word “delegatee”...

Hon. Waiganjo (Inaudible) The Temporary Deputy Chairman (Hon. Kajwang’) : Alright. Proceed.

Hon. Waiganjo Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Hon. Gumbo is right on point. We should say “judges of the court” because the code of conduct will apply to judges of the court. It is just a matter of language. The Temporary Deputy Chairman (Hon. Kajwang’) : Is it not semantics? Hon....

Hon. Waiganjo Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I second. (Question proposed) The Temporary Deputy Speaker (Hon. Kajwang') : Member for Homa Bay Town, I can see you are restless. Is there some pin on your seat or what is happening?

Hon. Waiganjo Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I rise to second the Bill. The Committee considered this Bill and found that it does not limit fundamental rights. This Bill is not like the previous Political Parties (Amendment) Bill, where the Senate took upon itself a Bill that was not supposed to...