Senator Abshiro Halake is a nominated member of the Senate focusing on the special interest of women and other vulnerable groups including, youth, people with disabilities and other marginalized groups.
1 Dec 2021 in Senate:
come before the governors and they are so mighty that they can just at a sitting decide they can increase. Why did they not increase the salaries before? Is there a system in place or are we going to be relying on the philanthropy, good will and mercy of governors of counties at this point? I congratulate the team for a job well done, but I do not see any consequence that has been put for anyone to change the way things are at the moment and, therefore, this House had better think of making sure that our reports are ...
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1 Dec 2021 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I rise to support and give my input to the Eighth Presidential State of the Nation Address as well as speak to some of the reports that the President has given us. These are, basically; the Eighth Annual Report on the measures taken and progress achieved in the realization of the National Values and Principles of Governance; the Eighth Annual Report on the progress made in fulfilling the international obligations to the Republic of Kenya; the Annual Report to Parliament on the State of National Security and the Business Climate Reforms Milestone Report for the ...
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1 Dec 2021 in Senate:
having been said, the chronology of events, the list of things that have been done, the progress that has been made, the infrastructure and other frameworks that have been put in place are definitely something for this country to celebrate and congratulate His Excellency the President for. Rome was not build in a day. The foundation stone must be laid and if there is one President who has laid the foundation stone for the take-off of this country, no matter how we want to view his performance, he has done well by those measures. I would like to congratulate him ...
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1 Dec 2021 in Senate:
Madam Deputy Speaker, in the future, this House needs to ask our President to go beyond global figures of the country. He should break it down by demographics, gender, disabilities and regions. This is so that we know that we are not leaving anybody behind.
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1 Dec 2021 in Senate:
Having said that, I move on to the areas of focus that the President highlighted. He started off by telling us that the State of the Nation address focused on economic development. What a great sector, because without economic development, we would not know what the economic well-being of our country is.
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1 Dec 2021 in Senate:
He focused on the social structures that I mentioned. It was supposed to restore the dignity of our people and give us a sense of belonging and nationhood. One that is of note and that I would like to congratulate His Excellency (H.E.) and his administration on the cross cutting issue of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) and other emerging disruptions.
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1 Dec 2021 in Senate:
Madam Deputy Speaker, our country is a developing country. For a developing country, the way our country has handled COVID-19 is commendable. As the President said, leadership was shown. There were things that needed to be balanced between the economic and the health side of things. Nevertheless, the way the choices were made, the leadership provided and the actions thereof point to great leadership on behalf of H.E., his administration, the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate.
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1 Dec 2021 in Senate:
Ministry of Health and Hon. Kagwe. They really went out of their way to make sure that there is a balance between the economy and the support on the health side of things.
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1 Dec 2021 in Senate:
Madam Deputy Speaker, I really congratulate our country. This is something that we should be proud of, from the support that was provided to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), the health sector and the counties. In the same way, there were amounts provided to get health workers. This was very good. I know that we were not all happy with lockdowns, but that was much needed. They helped balance things for us so that our health sector and systems would not collapse under the sheer volume and gravity of COVID-19.
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1 Dec 2021 in Senate:
One thing that I have a concern about is the stimulus packages that were given. While very commendable, the stimulus packages focused on core sectors. What was the definition of core sectors? Agriculture is a core sector, but within agriculture, was livestock forgotten? This is something that we, legislators, from northern Kenya, are concerned about. Going forward, we hope to see a breakdown of the agriculture sector, including livestock, and what was given as support to pastoralists and the livestock sector.
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