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• Ya tisa, ni kuhusu Parliament.
Ya kwanza, kuhusu Electoral Commission: ningependelea commissioners wa Electoral Commission wawe appointed na
Parliament, na Parliament pia …….. (inaudible) wale commissioners.
Pia, Commission ipewe nguvu ya ku-prosecute election offenders. Provincial Administration should be delinked from the
activities of the Commission.
Type of Government: I would recommend a government of national unity, na President asiwe above the law.
Vyama vya kisiasa: vipatiwe pesa kutoka consolidated funds – vyama vyote.
Senior positions: ma-Judge wote na wale wanachaguliwa ku-run parastatal organizations, all appointees should be vetted by
the Parliament for their competence.
Justice: kuna wakati mwingine utakuta kesi iko kortini, na Attorney General anakuja na kitu, anatuma prosecutor na kitu
kinaitwa “nolle prosequi”, na katika sheria ilivyo sasa, Attorney General hatakikani kusema kwa nini ana-enter “nolle prosequi”,
yaani, kumaliza ile kesi kabla haijaisha.
Mimi ningependelea Attorney General, akimaliza kesi, aseme ni kwa nini. Kwa sababu, hii, inampa fursa ya kutumia hiyo
privilege vibaya, maanake, pengine anaweza kuwa ni rafiki yake, ama ni mtu ambaye anapendelewa ki-politically. He is well
politically connected.
Hiyo ingine, ni kuhusu mitigation of powers za Magistrates and Judges. Wakati nilikuwa naandika hizi report zangu, saa hii
kuna case inakuwa ruled kule Nairobi, mtu ame-rape mtoto wa miaka mine, na ni kama ameajiliwa uhuru. Na hali sheria
katika kitabu inasema anatakikana afanywe nini. He should be jailed for 14 years, kama sikosei. Lakini, saa hii ameachwa
kwa sababu Judge or Magistrate, ametumia discretional powers. Hizo, ningetaka ziangaliwe vizuri sana. Haki itumike.
Pia, hii ni kuhusu corruption: utakuta sasa kama kortini, saa hii, wengi wanajua, ukiwa na pesa, hata kama umefanya kesi gani,
unaweza kuachwa, bora tu, mfuko wako ni mzito.
Pia ningependa, utakuta kuna mtu anaitwa Auditor General ambaye ana-audit pesa zimetumika na ma-wizara za Serikali. Kila
mwaka, anatoa report, lakini ile report, haishugulikiwi. Hatujapata kusikia mtu yeyote ameshikwa, amekuwa prosecuted
kulingana na report ya Auditor-General. Tungetaka mtu yeyote, hata kama ni nani, ikiwa ni Cabinet Minister, ikiwa ni nani,
ajukuliwe hatua.
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