Abshiro Soka Halake

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 Nov 2020 in Senate: As I support Sen. Were in trying to understand the competition within the telecommunication sector, I would also like to urge Kenyans not to punish companies that have invested heavily in innovation and in providing services to the consumers of this country. I do not believe it is the consumers or the customers that are complaining about the competition. view
• 10 Nov 2020 in Senate: In terms of inter-operability or business functions, be it data, voice calls or money transfer, big investments by Safaricom have gone into that. This is not the first time this question of dominance has come to us because we have dealt with it before not as a Committee but as Kenyans. Safaricom is one company that has a sustainability strategy. One reason I am impressed with is that, they have a sustainability strategy where they look at every action they take and the reaction it has on the consumer and the market. For us as legislators to seek to influence ... view
• 5 Nov 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Motion by Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve. As my colleagues have said, she continues to be a real champion of people with disability. Where is it better to begin, than with the children? Disability can and continues to be a big area of marginalization for our children and even adults. I support the fact that we must operationalize and implement the laws we have put in place. As we have been told and we know, our country has one of the most robust laws for everything, be it disability and anything ... view
• 5 Nov 2020 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
• 5 Nov 2020 in Senate: social, economic and other aspects of life. However, implementation has become a major barrier to access quality of services for our citizens. I support the Motion to operationalize Section 46 of the basic education as moved by Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve on behalf of children with disabilities. However, I would like to mention one thing because the way it reads, ‗including a special needs service and identify clinics in respective counties---‘ I want this House and country to think beyond special needs, especially for children and education. We need to think beyond a clinical perspective and even social welfare perspective to ... view
• 5 Nov 2020 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
• 5 Nov 2020 in Senate: we do not have any county with that data; maybe it is at the national level. Even then, I do not think that the data at the national level is segregated enough for it to make investment sense. We talk about marginalization in our country with regard to regional or how further from the center. One major marginalization that should become a definition, is the fact that if somebody has disability, chances are that they will be marginalized. The definitions should also be changed so that children with special needs are taken care of because they are marginalized and stigmatized. ... view
• 4 Nov 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I would also like to add my voice to the issue of lead paints and congratulate Sen. (Dr.) Mbito for bringing this up. The people who have the highest risk of lead poisoning are children and pregnant women. As you know, children have a very high hand to mouth activity. They chew on everything. If you have any paint that has more than 0.009 per cent of lead in the home, it can cause behavioral as well as intellectual disturbances for children and mothers. We are asking ourselves why cancer and behavioral problems are so ... view
• 4 Nov 2020 in Senate: country. Out there, since 1992, people have phased out lead paints. For instance, in Canada, since 1990, paint has not contained any lead. I am, therefore, surprised that we are still talking about this. It has taken me aback. view
• 4 Nov 2020 in Senate: I am a bit worried because the houses of people in informal settlements have paint that has really chipped, and that is how the lead is released, if it has not been fixed for a very long time, or if there is so much chipping, and things like that. That is in most of our homes in the peri-urban areas and informal settlements. I think that this is serious and should be looked at in a more holistic manner. How do we remove it? Is the removal feasible, and if it is, how should it be done? If we tell ... view