Abshiro Soka Halake

All parliamentary appearances

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• 21 Oct 2021 in Senate: Therefore, when we are told Government resources follow Government strategy, we wonder why there are so many things and many strategic initiatives or programs that have been designed in the development plans that are not honoured because no budget was given. Instead budgets are given to governors’ offices for amorphous, nondescript initiatives that cannot be accounted for, yet all the other aspects that concern and touch people directly especially the most vulnerable in the society, are not accorded any budget or any resources even in terms of human resources. view
• 21 Oct 2021 in Senate: 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. view
• 21 Oct 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, you will find in many of our counties, we have a gender ministry that is put together with 20 other ministries but by the time you break it down to who is responsible for gender or to who is responsible for persons with disability, there is no one responsible for them. There is no resource allocated for them and there is no human resources responsible for them. view
• 21 Oct 2021 in Senate: Are we only seeing these kinds of things on paper, on written format but there are no actionable issues we can point to? No county today can speak of having mainstream disability other than in their County Integrated Development Plans. view
• 21 Oct 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, this Senate is an oversight body which is mandated to protect counties under Article 96. Counties cannot be protected if parts of their people or a big chunk of their residents; especially women who are more than half of the people who reside in these counties and our persons with disabilities also form a reasonable number are not being given service when they deserve it and when they should be given a service is one too many. Numbers do not matter even if it is one person. view
• 21 Oct 2021 in Senate: This is something that this Senate has to make sure that before the closure of the 12th Parliament, we deal with it. If we are not dealing with our most vulnerable, then we are not dealing with anything at the moment. I support and thank you for the opportunity to contribute to this, Madam Temporary Speaker. view
• 21 Oct 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No. 47 (1) to make a Statement on an issue of general topical concern namely: Preparations for the 2022 General Election. view
• 21 Oct 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, in July of this year, the Government through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a ban to all diplomatic missions, international organizations and other foreign entities interested in supporting Kenya’s preparations towards the 2022 general election directing them to wait for the expression of such need from the Government. view
• 21 Oct 2021 in Senate: Further, the Government required all the said organizations currently engaged in any programmes or activities related to the 2022 general election through Government institutions community based organizations (CBOs, faith based organizations and the media to immediately inform the Ministry of Foreign Affairs through official channels of such support in order to formalize such arrangements. view
• 21 Oct 2021 in Senate: This directive by the Government is dangerous and may stifle preparations towards the 2022 election as it affects many players in the management and support for free and fair election process, including the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). The ban to the said international bodies has paralyzed functioning of organizations that depend on donor funding to run their activities and also affect the political participation, especially of the marginalized whose sensitization for political participation has for a long time been conducted by non-state actors through civic education and related activities. As you know, I am the Chairperson of the ... view