Beatrice Elachi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 Nov 2013 in Senate: Thank you. I know that, that is what they should be doing, but they are not. In fact, in the “Kenyan English”, we look at “minister” as a very prestigious person. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as we look at the Bill, we need to address the issue of the sirens. This is because experienced gangs or thugs will use the sirens to rob banks. People will think that maybe they are escorting a Governor to withdraw his money. This is likely to happen because there is no distinction between the sirens for the ambulances and Governors. We really need to ... view
• 12 Nov 2013 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am not speculating because I think that it has been so much in the newspapers that already Kenyans have--- view
• 12 Nov 2013 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have a role to play. I hope that--- view
• 12 Nov 2013 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, what I wanted to say is that while we look at what the Transition Authority did without a law, I think that it is important for this House now to put in place a law to guide the Governors. view
• 12 Nov 2013 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I withdraw that statement. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other issue is the flag. Indeed, as much as I agree with the Senator for Nyeri that we have a right to fly the Kenyan flag because it also brings that pride that, indeed, we are Kenyans, it is important to also look at the institutions that can fly flags. Now that the Constitution has changed and we have a bi- cameral Parliament and the Cabinet Secretaries are not elected but appointed, I do not think that they need to fly any flags. I also do not ... view
• 12 Nov 2013 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I also rise to support this Motion. I also support the sentiments expressed by the Senator for Kakamega County. Indeed, the Constitution in the Fifth Schedule has clear timelines. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we know very well that the Governors, through the Council of Governors, have been requesting for some functions to be transferred to county levels. In this House, we have always reminded the Governors that the Constitution is very clear in terms of how to unbundle the functions. Each county is view
• 7 Nov 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, during campaigns, the first target group was the youth. However, it now seems as if women will benefit more than youth who were initially earmarked to benefit from this money. view
• 6 Nov 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also rise to seek a Statement from the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Health, Labour and Social Welfare regarding the transfer of health services to the county governments which has been a matter of concern to the members of the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentist Board, the Kenya National Union of Nurses and the Kenya Health Professionals Society. In the Statement, I would wish the Chairman to: 1. Confirm whether the Ministry of Health has met the stakeholders in the health sector to discuss the contentious issues of salary, pension and compensation for years of ... view
• 6 Nov 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move:- 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
• 6 Nov 2013 in Senate: Sorry, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I apologise. He was consulting loudly. view