Alice Muthoni Wahome

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: expressed concern that 1.6 billion people still live in multidimensional poverty. It also says that only 80 per cent of the extremely poor live in the rural areas. That acknowledges that the progress in the eradication of poverty has been uneven and that inequality has increased. It expresses concern that poverty is a serious impediment to the achievement of gender equality and empowerment of all women and girls including those living in the rural areas. As I had mentioned to the House, the document has 52 conclusions. I was just highlighting that so that I can draw the interest of ... view
• 16 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: and regulations related to access to public procurement opportunities is key. Therefore, Members of this House will be instrumental in that, particularly for access to public procurement opportunities to ensure appropriate assignment of functions which include civic education and the rest. We should actualise the commitment to establish a centre of excellence for women. view
• 16 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Another call for action was capacity building and investment in financial literacy and innovative transition pathways of women horned in formal businesses. Again, we looked at building capacities of national and county assemblies. Mainstreaming gender responsive budgeting and economic policies is another issue. You will remember that the last term of the first county assemblies, women who were nominated were referred to as ‘top ups’. Such derogatory terminologies should be avoided and done away with because we must recognise such nominations pursuant to Article 97 and 98 of the Constitution. Another point of action is to build capacity of national ... view
• 16 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: The Bill also seeks to establish a trail-blazer programme for transformative women leaders, meaning those who have been ahead of us. People like Hon. Beatrice Kones have a lot to offer and share. This will create a registration and policy to ensure gender assessment is undertaken. view
• 16 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: I am very serious because I know the kind of campaign she did to get back to Parliament this term. We must recognise and use them as trail-blazers. Build capacities of national and county assemblies, but also engage the National Treasury on the provision of specific codes in the standards of application and how they apply the affirmative action funds. I am sure my sisters will like this. I am not talking about the GAF. This time I am talking about the Affirmative Action Fund. The call for action is long, but with the 32 action points, I want to ... view
• 16 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Finally, to ensure availability of comprehensive services for women and girls affected by gender-based violence. From that, we thought that it was important to call for action from the Government and other stakeholders to build one stop centres, shelters and counselling institutions to deal with the psychosocial challenges that women who have faced gender-based violence have gone through. I conclude by saying that we acknowledged the important role of the Ministry of Public Service, Youth and Gender Affairs and request them to continue to The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of ... view
• 16 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: provide coordination of the CSW meeting, including convening regular quarterly meetings, to review the progress on the agreed outcomes and plan for effective participation of the Kenya delegation for the 63rd Session in March 2019. That should interest the Members of this House because it will be there. I want to thank the Members for listening to me. It is a very long Report and I hope I have created sufficient curiosity and interest even from Members like Seroney, my good friend, to contribute and support it. view
• 16 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: I want to thank Hon. Naisula Lesuuda because yesterday we waited the whole afternoon to get the opportunity to present the Report to the House, but we did not. She has not given up and will be seconding it. I encourage other Members to support the Report. Hon. Naisula will be seconding. view
• 16 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, is it in order for the Member to ignore the direction you gave that this Report is not a female Members’ Report? It is now the property of the House and every other Member is expected to be here. That is why Members are here. view
• 16 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have about 15 minutes. I will donate two minutes each to Hon. Mary Waithira, Member for Maragwa, Dr. Tuitoek from Mogotio, Hon. Kathambi and Hon. Sophia Abdi. view