Abshiro Soka Halake

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• 12 Sep 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to congratulate and support Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve for this educative and timely Statement. The issues of disability are issues of human rights. Article 27 of the Constitution is very clear on the equality and freedom from discrimination of everybody on the basis of race and specifically on the basis of disability in this case. A lot of times, exclusion or denial of rights is a function of ignorance or a function of us not being aware. Therefore, Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve has done a great thing to ensure that we are aware and, therefore, ... view
• 12 Sep 2019 in Senate: other leaders are thinking of what can be done in addition to what she has mentioned. Therefore, I would like to congratulate her. I am very proud of our Constitution because of ensuring that we have people with disabilities sitting in this House and amplifying the voices of those that do not have a voice. Ever since I got here, I could not be more proud of our Constitution for ensuring that somebody with disabilities is sitting in this House and championing the cause of people with disabilities. In this regard, I cannot think of a better person than Sen. ... view
• 12 Sep 2019 in Senate: Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this timely statement by my colleague, Sen. (Dr.) Milgo. I also wish to condemn, in the strongest terms possible, the xenophobic attacks against other Africans, especially my fellow Kenyans in South Africa. Madam Temporary Speaker, I fail to understand how any African is called a foreigner in an African country. When South Africa was fighting for its independence, Kenya and other African countries rallied behind the ANC and Nelson Mandela. By doing that, Africans ensured that South Africans got independence. They then turn around to call other Africans, who ... view
• 12 Sep 2019 in Senate: immediately, demanded certain accountabilities from them and airlifted their nationals. However, none of that happened for us here. Does it mean Kenyans abroad are on their own, even though we continue to give millions of shillings to our foreign service? We need to know what the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade is doing for Kenyans abroad, especially in the face of such xenophobic attacks in Southern Africa. Madam Temporary Speaker, the South African Government does not keep data on xenophobic attacks, but other xenophobic watch institutions and instruments exist. These institutions show a very disturbing trend of rising ... view
• 12 Sep 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I rise to support the innovative Motion by the Senator for Kirinyaga County, Sen. Kibiru. This Motion is timely. I also like the innovation and the solutions that it offers. We have set out on an ambitious programme to reforest our depleted forests to 36 per cent yet we had not thought of the how. We had also not thought of how we would achieve the forest cover. It is true that major infrastructure projects have a major impact on our trees and biodiversity. I am impressed that in this Motion, Sen. Kibiru has offered a solution ... view
• 12 Sep 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, the ninth Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on Industry Innovation and Infrastructure is very important because in a growing population and in countries that are seeking social economic development, it is inevitable that we have big infrastructure projects be they dams, roads, railways and many other projects of the same nature. What is not adequate is the measures put in place to ensure that the infrastructure projects do not have negative impacts on the biodiversity and the communities that live there. The one thing that we must consider is that there is a difference between planting trees and ... view
• 12 Sep 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I am very happy and encouraged that this House is looking for sustainable solutions with regards to our reforestation and achieving our SDG Goal No.9 and a forest cover of 10 per cent. We, as a country, must strive to go beyond the 10 per cent because that barely covers hotspot areas or habitats for wildlife and communities that live there. view
• 12 Sep 2019 in Senate: There is the notion that pastoral areas are bare since the northern part of Kenya does not have the kind of trees we are accustomed to seeing. That is not true because some places in the northern part of Kenya have more than 10 per cent forest cover. It is just that the forests are indigenous and may not look like the forests that we are used to. That said, we are on the right path. As other colleagues have said, I encourage the Senator for Kirinyaga County to take this a notch higher. There should be a framework that ... view
• 12 Sep 2019 in Senate: I thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, and support. view
• 11 Sep 2019 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view