Abshiro Soka Halake

All parliamentary appearances

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• 14 Nov 2019 in Senate: that enables digital television services to various underserved parts of the county and the country at large. Mr. Speaker Sir, the Committee intends to carry out the following key activities during the next quarter:- (1) Meet with Telkom Kenya and Airtel Kenya on the status of their merger. (2) Conduct a regional capacity building workshop with the six coastal counties. (3) Hold consultative meetings with the national Treasury, Council of Governors (CoGs) and the Commission for Revenue Allocation (CRA) on ways to improve revenue management in our counties. (4) Meet with the Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology to receive ... view
• 14 Nov 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I also thank Sen. Sakaja. We will have a series of meetings on this issue and we can share the information with you. It is just that some of it was falling outside of that period that we got. 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
• 14 Nov 2019 in Senate: Having said that, they have separated the businesses. What is being privatised are not the properties, but just the mobile business and some enterprise businesses. This is still ongoing, as you can see. We will give you a proper report. In fact, what we had was so as not to jeopardise the process and negotiations, because as you know, some of these things are commercially confidential and may form part of the negotiation process. We sort of gave them that leeway to finish. view
• 14 Nov 2019 in Senate: They have assured and given us some stuff, in camera. I would like to assure this House and Kenyans that every interest of Kenyans has been taken care of, and we are satisfied. It is just that we respected the confidentiality of the commercial transactions. Rest assured and we can share this with you in camera. view
• 14 Nov 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. This was a mistake, but thank you for the opportunity. I support the Motion and I want to comment on open governance. Open governance plays well with our public participation, citizen engagement as well as accountability to our citizens. This is something that we need to participate in robustly. The team that attended the summit should perhaps come up with key issues around transparency, participation and accessibility. I am the Vice Chairperson of the Committee on Information and Communication Technology (ICT), and I could not help but agree with the Mover and the Seconder, ... view
• 14 Nov 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to second the Motion on the Report of the 140th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union(IPU) and related meetings held in Doha, Qatar. First of all, I would like to congratulate Sen. Kihika for this Report. The IPU is a very special organization to this country. We, as Kenya, hold the presidency on the Forum of the Bureau of Women Parliamentarians. Sen. Kihika is the President of that Forum in IPU. That aside, this forum is one of the most important forums in the calendar of Parliament. This is because 179 Member Parliaments are Members ... view
• 14 Nov 2019 in Senate: legislators were on the table at this important forum, where climate issues, challenges, resolutions and discussions were taking place. In terms of security, migration, rights issues to education, humanitarian law and emergencies, all these that affect us disproportionately, as people that live in this country, were discussed. I pray and hope, and having the presidency, especially for the Forum of the Bureau of Women Parliamentarians, that we have the favour and political will to implement a lot of the resolutions, especially as affects women, children, education and our humanitarian needs as a result of the climate and other causations. What ... view
• 14 Nov 2019 in Senate: We have also seen the issues of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In fact, as I was reading this, I noted that the SDGs are cutting across a lot of the resolutions, especially with regard to the investments and international trade resolutions. I am happy to have seen it. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, since I have a bit of background in international trade, I was trying to look for areas that we may want to improve. I am glad that a lot of the international trade issues with regard to sustainability and rules and free trade principles have been taken ... view
• 14 Nov 2019 in Senate: One of the key issues of the resolutions that was very important was the issue on education where enabling equitable access to education for all was recognised. Access to education as limited by the barriers to the significant disparities in education were also identified. Adoption of national legislation that guarantees education as a universal right was discussed. Where legislation is lacking or where there are gaps in this legislation, we, as Parliament, now have the opportunity to ensure that we legislate for this and also make sure that our policies are robust and adequate to ensure that particular right for ... view
• 14 Nov 2019 in Senate: By ensuring that by 2030 all children and adolescents complete a full cycle of Early Childhood Development (ECD) primary and secondary education in line with SDG 4 and target 4.1 is very important, especially for the Senate given that ECD is a devolved function. It is an area for the Senate to keep an eye on and ensure our counties are able to fulfill this resolution and, perhaps, hopefully by 2030, all our children, especially the ECD and SDG 4 are met. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report ... view