Abshiro Soka Halake

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• 30 Jul 2019 in Senate: beyond ethnic and regional, to look for other areas of inclusivity with regard to seeing how many women and people with disabilities are actually there. As much as we are looking at regional balance and the ethnic composition of our workforce, we would also like to see the other aspects of inclusivity, equality and equal opportunities as pertains to women, the youth and people with disability. I hope that the Committee will also include those issues which are very easy to determine from the data that they will obtain. Mr. Speaker, Sir, if you look deeply into the issue of ... view
• 30 Jul 2019 in Senate: I congratulate and support Sen. Malalah. view
• 30 Jul 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Bill. I also join my colleagues in grieving for our colleagues, Hon. Okoth and my sister, Hon. (Dr.) Laboso, the Governor of Bomet County, who succumbed to cancer in the last few days. view
• 30 Jul 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in addition to them, there are 27,000 Kenyans who die from cancer every year. I also rise to grieve for them as well. Hopefully, through grieving for our colleagues, who have been our friends, we will also remember that every year, there are new cases of cancer involving 40,000 Kenyans, out of which 27,000 die of the disease every year. I know that most of us have been affected by cancer. Therefore, as we grieve and mourn our colleagues, Hon. Okoth and Hon. (Dr.) Laboso, we should also remember to honour them and the lives of ... view
• 30 Jul 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Hon. Okoth was a good friend of mine. When I came to this Parliament, somebody pulled me aside and asked me to look for Hon. Okoth and work with him on human rights issues. In the confusion, I thought he was in this House. I, therefore, went round looking, and when I asked where he was, I was told that he was in the National Assembly. Luckily, I met him a few weeks later at the Human Rights Caucus. From there, we discussed working on different issues concerning human rights and the rights of people to ... view
• 30 Jul 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I got to know Hon. (Dr.) Laboso during the repeat Presidential Elections in 2017. She was, in typical form, the leader coordinating our efforts for the different groups going to campaign for the President. At that point, I was asked to do the budgets for a few groups, and that is how I came to know her. She was a woman of excellence and one we looked up to. She was very courageous, of course, and we were, therefore, very proud of her. I know many women who have got no courage to face giants like ... view
• 30 Jul 2019 in Senate: perhaps, did not have courage. As Sir Winston Churchill said, perhaps courage is rightly esteemed as the most important quality of a human being, because it assures all other qualities. She has courage. As I mourn her, I also celebrate her. view
• 30 Jul 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, public service or leadership constitutes some sort of kinship with other leaders. Therefore, I feel sad not just for the loss of a colleague, but a friend and family. Therefore, for both of them, rest in peace my friends. The journey and fight you started, the rest of us will continue. But to the rest of the 27,000 Kenyans, I mourn with them and honour their lives. I know that their lives are also as rich in their families and in accomplishments as our colleagues were. We also honour them as well, not forgetting that they ... view
• 30 Jul 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, going to The Cancer Prevention and Control (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No.2 of 2019), I would like to congratulate my brother and Senator for Wajir County, Sen. (Dr.) Ali, for bringing this amendment. First of all, this is very timely, not only because Kenyans are dying of cancer, but also because it aligns the prevention and control of cancer to counties. The old Act just read as though we did not have devolution. Therefore, congratulations, Sen. (Dr.) Ali, for ensuring that you take our mandate, as the Senate, under Article 96, very seriously; and also for ... view
• 30 Jul 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I know that our senior Senator for Kisii has spoken so much about some of the things that I had listed and, therefore, I will skip them. However, I will look at it from the perspective of our broken regulatory system. I know that he spoke about carcinogenic agents all over. I also know that my colleague and friend from Narok, Sen Olekina, spoke about all the different preservatives, like formalin and other things that are being used. We should do something about it. view