Beatrice Elachi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 May 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I support this Motion for Adjournment. I wish to emphasize the importance of the conference that we are planning ahead. Money should be spent prudently and at the end, people should gain knowledge on what the county assemblies and the Senate do. We would like to see even reviews on some of the Bills that were passed by the county assemblies that we feel are not constitutional. Some citizens also have issues with some of the Bills that were passed. I hope those who are researching on content will bring out issues that Kenyans can understand ... view
• 28 Apr 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to report that the Committee of the Whole has considered the Division of Revenue Bill (National Assembly Bill No.4 of 2016) and its approval thereof without amendments. view
• 27 Apr 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, first, I would like to thank the mediation team. I also thank Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale. I am one of those who benefited from the small parties. I am still the Secretary General of our party. I want to thank Kenyans because we got 51 MCAs across the country. We also have three Senators and one governor elected on our party ticket. That aside, I also got 1.1 million votes. view
• 27 Apr 2016 in Senate: The Alliance Party of Kenya (APK) popularly known as “The Mbasi.” Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I also agree with the sentiments--- view
• 27 Apr 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, he can even check that on the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) website and he will see how many votes every party garnered. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, having said that, you will also remember that we had a challenge of not getting the 5 per cent and the funding for the parties. The reasons were The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate view
• 27 Apr 2016 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Is my good friend, the Senator for Homa Bay County, in order to talk about the funding, knowing very well that even Parliament itself has not passed the Bill for financing political parties? Therefore, it would be very difficult for IEBC to even try and monitor how we are using the funds. Is he also in order to say that we had Cabinet Secretaries (CSs) campaigning in Kericho County, while we know both sides of the Malindi and Kericho counties had malpractices in their by-elections? If IEBC wants to deal with ... view
• 27 Apr 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Committee on the said Report. view
• 27 Apr 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, the Persons with Disabilities (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 43 of 2013 be now read a Second Time. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this is a Bill that brings in a critical component within the services that we give to Kenyans. Under the Constitution of Kenya 2010, persons with disabilities are entitled to reasonable access to all places, public transport and information. Hence, the Government has the responsibility to make telecommunications and mass media available to persons with disabilities for their rehabilitation, self-development and self reliance. This Bill is sponsored by ... view
• 26 Apr 2016 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Chairman of the Committee for that response. When I raised these issues, the university was still open, but it is closed right now. Having said that, let me start with the second issue about the drop in student population. We need to verify the numbers. There is no way you can have students dropping from MMUST to go to Kibabii University Campus. Kibabii is a branch of MMUST and maybe the students went somewhere else. Let me now go to the issue that most students raised and that is the issue of ... view
• 26 Apr 2016 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I said it clearly that since they think he is a resident in South Africa, it is important for him, through his CV and national identity number of South Africa to come out and tell the university that he is still a resident of South Africa. There is no dual citizenship, but he is working in South Africa. He has an identity number card for South Africa. I did not allege that he is a South African, but I said that he should have clarified the issue of residency during his interview so that the university does ... view