Abshiro Soka Halake

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Aug 2021 in Senate: that then look at these things, I would like to say that the Law of Succession Act was enacted after the recommendations of the 1968 Commission of the Law of Succession. The Act was created to amend, define and consolidate the law relating to interstate and testamentary succession, the discrimination of the estates of the deceased persons. The Act has various provisions that seek to protect and promote the rights of women for which the women of this country are grateful such as permitting us to make wills and that a wife ranks high among the dependents of the deceased ... view
• 3 Aug 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, this is what occasioned the need for this Bill to ensure that we make some reforms to the Law of Succession Act, 1981 basically because a lot has happened. The Constitution of Kenya 2010 has provided even better provisions for us. Other laws including the Matrimonial Act have also better and more progressive provisions. Our 2010 Constitution, the Land Act, 2012, the Land Registration Act, 2012, the Land Commission Act, 2012 and the Matrimonial Property Act,2013 allow women to acquire land through purchase, gifts, inheritance and allocation of public land by the Government is seamless and processes ... view
• 3 Aug 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, this is what occasioned the need for this Bill to ensure that we make some reforms to the Law of Succession Act, 1981 basically because a lot has happened. The Constitution of Kenya 2010 has provided even better provisions for us. Other laws including the Matrimonial Act have also better and more progressive provisions. Our 2010 Constitution, the Land Act, 2012, the Land Registration Act, 2012, the Land Commission Act, 2012 and the Matrimonial Property Act,2013 allow women to acquire land through purchase, gifts, inheritance and allocation of public land by the Government is seamless and processes ... view
• 3 Aug 2021 in Senate: I do not want to repeat what some of the provisions and the disconnects are, but allow me to put this into context before I go into the specific provisions of what we are trying to amend and what we are trying to enact. The enactment of this Bill will address the provisions in law which are detrimental to women whose family members died prior to 1981. There are quite a number of provisions that are discriminatory against a child or children born out of wedlock. There is also exclusion of Muslims and others based on social origin where the ... view
• 3 Aug 2021 in Senate: I do not want to repeat what some of the provisions and the disconnects are, but allow me to put this into context before I go into the specific provisions of what we are trying to amend and what we are trying to enact. The enactment of this Bill will address the provisions in law which are detrimental to women whose family members died prior to 1981. There are quite a number of provisions that are discriminatory against a child or children born out of wedlock. There is also exclusion of Muslims and others based on social origin where the ... view
• 3 Aug 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, you come from a pastoralist community like I do so you are aware of how discriminatory some of these provisions are not just to the women from pastoralist communities, but to the larger community as well. Most of us are familiar with the Community Land Act which has given specific provisions to make sure that things that were not done well in the other Land Act are taken care of under the Community Land Act to ensure that the rights of pastoral communities are also taken care of. view
• 3 Aug 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, you come from a pastoralist community like I do so you are aware of how discriminatory some of these provisions are not just to the women from pastoralist communities, but to the larger community as well. Most of us are familiar with the Community Land Act which has given specific provisions to make sure that things that were not done well in the other Land Act are taken care of under the Community Land Act to ensure that the rights of pastoral communities are also taken care of. view
• 3 Aug 2021 in Senate: The Law of Succession Act has these discriminatory provisions. The Act allows that application of customary laws of the deceased. The customary laws have been influenced by patriarchy so they are not so protective of women. The fact that we also have the Community Land Act which has been aligned to the Constitution, it provides view
• 3 Aug 2021 in Senate: The Law of Succession Act has these discriminatory provisions. The Act allows that application of customary laws of the deceased. The customary laws have been influenced by patriarchy so they are not so protective of women. The fact that we also have the Community Land Act which has been aligned to the Constitution, it provides view
• 3 Aug 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