Abshiro Soka Halake

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1581 to 1590 of 1750.

• 2 Oct 2018 in Senate: Thank you. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. It is not easy to speak after the former Attorney General Emeritus of the Republic, but I will try my best to make my contribution. I would like to congratulate the Chairperson, Standing Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights for bringing this Bill. As I contribute, it is with a mixed bag of observations that I support this Bill because it is in our mandate to legislate, to give effect to broad articles of the Constitution, provide framework, actualize and operationalize some of these broad laws. The Senate has acted in good ... view
• 26 Sep 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank you for giving me the opportunity to also congratulate my fellow citizen and the Senate Majority Leader for bringing this very important Motion. We are very proud of Eliud, of course, for shattering the world The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 26 Sep 2018 in Senate: record but we honour all the Kenyan athletes. I am happy we are using this record breaking to honour them and ensure that we do something to develop our sports. view
• 26 Sep 2018 in Senate: I would like to speak about women and sports, especially, women in athletics. A few months ago, the IAAF had proposed some rules that were supposed to do away with the requirement of testing testosterone levels in women. I do not know if it is possible to add prayers onto Motions but as this Senate, we can request that those rules are looked at. They are punitive to women. Women do not choose the level of testosterone in their bodies, and therefore, they should not be discriminated against just because they have a certain level of biological advantage. I do ... view
• 26 Sep 2018 in Senate: The other issue is women in sports leadership. We have spoken about the sports industry not doing well because of lack of leadership. We have also spoken of sports perhaps not being resourced adequately and sports decisions that are not very conducive. The answer to that is to have enough women in sports leadership. In the structure of our sports leadership, there is loud absence of women. We have talked about two-thirds gender concerns both in the political space but we need to look at two-thirds gender concerns in every aspect of leadership, including, sports. Therefore, I request the Senate ... view
• 26 Sep 2018 in Senate: I have noticed, especially, in athletics, that use of banned substances is affecting women more. I do not know why. Is it that they are just duped into these things? Maybe, that calls for special attention that, we as legislators, need to pay, especially, as women legislators to check why is it affecting women more than men yet we know, in terms of integrity, women are not wanting. So, why is that the case in athletics? view
• 26 Sep 2018 in Senate: I take this opportunity to invite --- view
• 26 Sep 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, give me one second. Just one last one. view
• 26 Sep 2018 in Senate: Isiolo County will host a wheelchair race. Therefore, I would like to invite Senators and the athletics fraternity. That is how we can use niche areas to develop sports which are not mainstream sports. view
• 25 Sep 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will not belabour this because a lot has been said. This is a bulky piece of legislation but it misses a lot of key points. This Bill looks at the nitty-gritty of the operational aspects and has not set the contextual and strategic framework within which that execution will be made. It has not captured the issue around ownership and jurisdiction that this law will operate--- view