Cecily Mbarire

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• 12 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: The Committee also held meetings with the State Department on Petroleum in the Ministry of Petroleum and Mining to consider pertinent issues that the Bill was seeking to address. Additionally, the Committee received written memoranda and held meetings with various stakeholders, including the Council of Governors, the Kenya Private Sector Alliance, Natural Justice, Kenya Oil and Gas Association, Turkana County Assembly, Turkana County Government and the Kenya Society of East Africa on Wildlife. In addition to receiving the written memoranda from stakeholders, the Committee held public hearings in the following counties: Turkana County and within it, Turkana East, Turkana South, ... view
• 12 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: I am well guided. From there, the Committee held a retreat in Mombasa for one week where we analysed the Bill clause by clause and took into account the submissions that were received from members of the public and from various stakeholders. The Committee made several observations as you might have noted from the Report, including the need to ensure participation of the local communities in decision making by various institutions in upstream, downstream and midstream activities. We also noted the agitation for increase of local community share of revenue from 5 per cent to 10 per cent. That is ... view
• 12 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: I thank all Members who contributed to this very important Bill. I heard one Member asking why we did not have the Bill amalgamated with the Energy Bill. Knowing the important role that petroleum will play in the growth of this country and knowing where certain countries have made mistakes because of this particular resource, where many people see it as a curse, it was felt that there was need to have a Petroleum Bill and even establish a state department of petroleum for that purpose alone. That is very important so that the legal framework that guides the particular ... view
• 12 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Another important thing that has been mentioned by the Chair, the Mover and the Vice- Chair is the role that communities will play, going forward, in the management of this resource and the need to ensure that whatever comes out of the revenue benefits the communities. It is hoped that once we pass this Bill and start exploiting this important resource, the county Government of Turkana and the sub-counties will benefit from this revenue and will use it for the intended purpose. This will enable the communities start feeling a change and appreciate this resource and allow for that same ... view
• 12 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, we wish to defer this Order until the next available date. view
• 11 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Motion. Let me first congratulate the Mover of the Motion, Hon. Faith Wairimu Gitau, for Nyandarua County. It is a Motion whose time has come. It is very thoughtful and positive of her to think about not just the youth of her county, but the youth of this entire nation. It is true that the population of those below 35 years is about 75 per cent. It is important for us to know that the actual definition of a youth according to the laws of Kenya is one between ... view
• 11 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I once again rise to support another very important Motion that has been tabled by Hon. Cate Waruguru. I congratulate her for tabling this Motion. view
• 11 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, today’s Motion has reminded me of 1995 when the then President of Kenya, Daniel Moi, declared Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) a national disaster. At the time, the HIV prevalence rate in Kenya was at 10.5 per cent. At the same time, when you were declared HIV positive, you knew that was a death penalty waiting for you. After declaring it a national disaster, the Government scaled up awareness creation efforts and campaigns, and treatments and care. As at 2016, HIV prevalence level had come down from 10.5 per cent to 5.9 per cent. Therefore, we have ... view
• 11 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Today, you are safer to be diagnosed with HIV than cancer in this country. Many people know that once you are told you have cancer, you will die because of the efforts and the kind of treatment we receive here. How do we change that narrative? This Motion is the beginning of that effort. What is more worrying about listening to Hon. Catherine Waruguru is that the leading cancer case is breast cancer. Out of 100,000 women, 34 have breast cancer and 25 have cervical cancer. There is also prostate cancer. Any doctor can tell you that if these cancers ... view
• 11 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: I am hoping that we can even go further. I came to this House in 2003. I remember when HIV\AIDS was made a national disaster; Members of Parliament who were in the Kenya Young Parliamentary Association went out there in public and did HIV\AIDS tests publicly. Let us also do the same for cancer so that we lead by example. We should heed the voices of Hon. Beth Mugo and Prof. Anyang’ Nyong’o who have been through it. They have walked this walk and they understand the suffering of Kenyans. If we do this, we will stop spending so much ... view