Beatrice Elachi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Jun 2014 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am not defending any community. I just said that I am not from the generation that speaks issues while putting them under the table. I put them on the table as they are. Majority of those who died were from the Kikuyu community. We must say it as it is. Let us not play around with what is happening. view
• 17 Jun 2014 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was given 85 per cent as Kikuyus and that forms a majority. As I conclude, I would like to say this to our leaders; it is important for us to start asking ourselves what challenges we are facing as a country. Indeed, we have a challenge within the security sector. However, at the same time, as leaders, it is time that we sat and relooked at the structural problems that are facing the sector. We should look at institutional challenges that are facing that sector. Indeed, the Commander within the The electronic version of the ... view
• 17 Jun 2014 in Senate: No, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 17 Jun 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the rallies must stop. The tensions and emotions are becoming very high. If we respect that, indeed, lives have been lost, then we must stop the rallies. We should look at the country, cool the tensions and deal with the issues that are affecting Kenyans. Issues of saying that we will lead the country using our own emotions will take us to the same point we were in 2008. We are already facing another challenge of ethnicity. That is, probably, why when you go into some offices, you cannot be served based on the names you are ... view
• 11 Jun 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, aware that Kenya is fully supportive of United Nations (UN) peacekeeping initiatives and has contributed to many peace keeping operations, both in Africa and beyond; appreciating that the Kenya Defence College offers very high quality training in peace-keeping; concerned, however, that Kenya has missed many opportunities at the United Nations institutions that would enable the UN to benefit from the skills of our well trained officers and through which Kenya would benefit, especially by absorbing qualified military personnel in peace keeping missions; the Senate urges the National Government to strengthen relations with ... view
• 11 Jun 2014 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, first of all, I want to thank all my colleagues who have contributed in support of this Motion and also those who have raised critical issues that we need to look at. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, having said that, I also want to thank our defence forces wherever they are. The Motion is urging our Government to have a better relation. This means that we already have a relationship, but we are just strengthening it, so that we become more visible in terms of our own ways of doing things. That is why I started by ... view
• 11 Jun 2014 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I also rise to support the Report of the Committee. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the coastal region has faced a lot of challenges. One of the challenges is the issue of parents embracing education. Some parents have always felt that because of poverty, they would rather leave their children to provide cheap labour and earn some little money for their living. That is the challenge that we face today. In the same region, we appreciate that, indeed, the leaders have also come out to really question why the Government has marginalized them in some ... view
• 10 Jun 2014 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I also rise to support this Bill. Before I move on, I would like to say that once you listen to the sentiments of many of my colleagues, you will get a feeling that the Committee that was supposed to look at the Bill after the First Reading should redo their work. It would be absolutely very unfair for Members to come and look at all these errors and yet the Bill was subjected to a Committee and was supposed to bring amendments. It is also important to note that the Mover of the ... view
• 10 Jun 2014 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I may be wrong but I thought that after the First Reading, we commit a Bill to a Committee. However, we will be guided by the Clerks-at-the-Table on how it goes. view
• 10 Jun 2014 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. That is what I was trying to explain. Thank you Senator for Homa Bay. view