Alice Muthoni Wahome

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, the House is completely hostile to the discussion. Hon. Gladys Wanga needs to give me time because I have a point here. I am saying that the Government has discharged part of its responsibility by bringing this Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill. view
• 22 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Secondly, the courts, through two judgements, namely in the advisory opinion through Case No.182 and through an order by Justice Mumbi, said that this House must bring a Bill to implement Articles 27 and 81. Therefore, if for any reason this House fails to pass this Bill, we must know that it is incumbent upon this House or the duty is in our hands to support the affirmative action clause in Article 27 and Article 81 of our Constitution. The Articles are very clear that the debate is only here because we must debate. Therefore, male colleagues in this The ... view
• 22 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: House, save for Hon. Jakoyo Midiwo, have been very good and have supported the Bill. We want to encourage Hon. Jakoyo to come on board because every other speaker led by the Chairman of ODM, Hon. Mbadi, has given very firm support that the CORD Coalition is supporting the Bill. I want to remind Hon. Jakoyo that the manifesto that CORD sold during the elections supported 50 per cent women inclusion in the Government should they form the Government. I believe even this time round they will be moving around with a similar manifesto. view
• 22 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: The URP and TNA, the Jubilee Coalition, did the same. Therefore, we are also going to look upon the same Members to whip support for this Bill, so that we do not debate in vain. Listening to the voices before me, it is clear we are moving towards the right direction. view
• 22 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Being elected in Kandara, I take this opportunity, once more to thank the people of Kandara. Among the 16 women, I was brought to this House by the people of Kandara. They refused to see marital and cultural barriers. They rejected patriarchy. I know that even come the next elections, they will do the same. Therefore, while the country is struggling to have women, Kandara has moved forward. I am looking at my colleagues. They have women in their houses and elsewhere. They have mothers. They have sisters and they have friends like us. Hon. Deputy Speaker, as a country, ... view
• 22 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: In the first instance, it was a mistake that the drafters of Article 81 left out the implementation provision, which found its place in Article 177. That is why we have no problem in the county assemblies. In this House, somebody was still dragging their feet. Somebody did not believe that Kenyans have very clearly stated in the Constitution that we must have an adequate gender representation. We should be moving towards 50/50 gender balance. The Constitution is very clear that one-third of a gender is the minimum we can have in the next Parliament. I am happy that Jakoyo ... view
• 22 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Therefore, the voice of Hon. Jakoyo Midiwo alone will not stop the movement. We are on board. We had agreed to meet them outside the House, so that we can have a more candid conversation. I am very sure that he and others will be convinced. Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. view
• 9 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the Land Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2015, which is very important. I want to join this debate considering that we have had a serious standoff between the NLC and the Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Land, Housing and Urban Development. These two offices have appeared before the Departmental Committee on Lands. They have also appeared before the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 9 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: CIOC with a view to try and resolve the standoffs, the conflicts and lack of movement in terms of their mandates for this important work. The duplication of roles and overlaps of their mandate was not intended in the Constitution and was not in the Constitution. It is these laws that we enacted to implement the Constitution that created the confusion. Therefore, the amendments that are proposed in these land laws are timely. Hopefully, as we debate and finalise, we will remove conflicts and bring clarity in the implementation, so that the NLC’s mandate is clear. The mandate of the ... view
• 9 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I was speaking to the question of historical land injustices which needs to be taken quickly, so that we can settle these questions. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view