Beatrice Elachi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Mar 2014 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Would I also be in order to ask for your guidance on whether the matter could be referred to the Committee for Finance to determine whether the issues being raised are substantive and how they can deal with them? view
• 12 Mar 2014 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I also rise to support this Motion. When you look at the history of our disciplined forces, sometimes, we ask ourselves whether, indeed, we are willing to see them protect us or we are willing to engage them to know how to use the different ammunitions that they have in order to survive. I will give an example, when there was the issue of a haul of drugs in Mombasa and every police officer who had any link to the issue was assassinated. In one way or another, they were simply killed. There was a documentary ... view
• 11 Mar 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, pursuant to Standing Order No.18 and Article 107(1) (c) of the Constitution, the following Senators be elected to preside over the sittings of the Senate in the absence of the Speaker, the Deputy Speaker and Members of the Chairpersons Panel for the period 11th March to 20th March 2014; Sen. (Dr.) Machage and Sen. Mositet. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a straightforward Motion. I know with the work we have bestowed within your office, it will be very difficult to say that you can sit on the Chair the ... view
• 11 Mar 2014 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I also stand to support this Motion, knowing that for the last ten to 15 years my main job, when I was in the civil society, was civic education. It was within this job that we were able to go down to the rural and remote areas of Ijara, Pokot and Turkana. In some places, we slept in manyattas. In places like Ijara where you cannot train men and women together, we were forced to train women in the afternoon and men in the morning or vice versa . Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this ... view
• 6 Mar 2014 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. As much as we would like to go that route, we would also like to understand that if the Chair and the vice-chair of the Committee are outside the country and the hon. Senator says he does not know about it, does it mean they approve themselves without going through the Committee on any trip? As much as we would like to go back to it, we would also like to understand that if the Chair and the Vice Chair of the Committee are outside the country, does it mean that we ... view
• 5 Mar 2014 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, I also rise to support this Motion and to thank Ms. Lupita--- view
• 5 Mar 2014 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, from the outset, I want to thank the father and mother of Ms. Lupita. Indeed, if they did not take courage and let the girl follow her dreams, then she would not be the Lupita we are talking about. I also want to thank her for the Oscar award that she got which started way back in 1927. Indeed, we are proud to be Kenyans and Africans. When I look at my history I remember the Road to Timbuktu where we cried as Africans when our brothers and sisters were being carried away to become slaves. We ... view
• 4 Mar 2014 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I thank the Mover of the Motion, knowing that for many years, Kenya has gone through a lot of challenges in terms of addressing the human rights injustices that have cut across this country. In the Constitution, Article 23 is very clear about the authority of courts to uphold and enforce the Bill of Rights. Within that, they should ensure that the injustices that were done are compensated. When I look at the Mover’s Motion, I hope that my fellow Senators will bring in an amendment so that we deal with the issue holistically. ... view
• 4 Mar 2014 in Senate: I believe so. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it would also be important for us – as much as we are saying that we have put aside the TJRC Report – to look at the TJRC Report because there were recommendations and some of them will guide us as we move forward in terms of dealing with some of these issues. When you look at what happened in 1982, you will find that there were ten ex-military officers who were compensated each being awarded Kshs5.5 million. This means that in terms of jurisdiction, they felt that these officers were there to ... view
• 4 Mar 2014 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is on authority of Sen. Mugo because she had already contributed. view