Former Public Service CS Justin Muturi has dismissed claims that he presided over the passing of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) during his tenure as Speaker of the National Assembly.
In a statement on July 24, Muturi noted that the Act was enacted in 2012 under the Grand Coalition Government, before he assumed the role of the National Assembly Speaker.
He went on to explain that he only oversaw the passage of the Security Laws Amendment Act in 2014, which amended several laws including the Penal Code, the Criminal Procedure Code, the Evidence Act, the Prisons Act, the Sexual Offences Act, and the Immigration Act, among others.
Muturi addresses claims of presiding over the passing of the Prevention of Terrorism Act. Photo: Courtesy.
“The Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) was enacted in the 10th Parliament of the Grand Coalition government. It is no. 30 of 2012. The Security Laws Amendment Act was passed on 18th December, 2014, by the 11th Parliament, which I presided over. It is no.19 of 2014. The latter amended several Acts, among them being the Penal Code, Criminal Procedure Code, the Evidence Act, the Prisons Act, the Sexual Offences Act, the Immigration Act, and many others. Let Murkomen and his ilk check their facts before giving the public their infantile propaganda,” Muturi explained.
The clarification comes after Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen alleged that Muturi was speaker when POTA was enacted.
CS Murkomen claimed that Muturi stood firm as Speaker to ensure the law was passed in the National Assembly.
