Cecily Mbarire

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise here this evening to support this very important Bill that is before us. I will not belabor the point that the family unit is very critical for the strength and sustainability of a country, a community and anything social. For that reason, it is very important that we provide a supportive legal framework that can ensure the existence of that family unit and ensure a healthy family. view
• 20 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: As I stand here, I am really happy and I want to begin by congratulating hon. Murugi Mathenge whom we worked with very closely as Women Parliamentarians in the last Parliament as we tried to see how we can have the Family Protection Bill, the Domestic Violence Bill, the Marriage Bill and the Family Property Bill. I can share in her excitement today as we see this become a reality. view
• 20 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I also want to say that I am really excited because listening to the Members and especially our male colleagues, I can only hear voices of support for this very important Bill. I want to say that we have come a long away as Parliament just to watch Members of Parliament support such important Bills without raising trivial issues that become an obstacle to important issues of society. So, I really want to thank all Members who have spoken and supported this Bill, men and women alike. I think we owe it to this nation to finally ... view
• 20 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Murugi Mathenge has said that there were efforts to bring forth a Marriage Bill or a legal framework for families. It started all the way from 1967 when Mzee Jomo Kenyatta established a taskforce to look into the matter. The people who were there at that time tell us that it never came to fruition. About three attempts were made to bring a Bill on the Floor of the House and they were not successful. view
• 20 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: After 1967, the next attempt was actually in 1993 when the then Speaker formed a special task force to review laws relating to women. From 1993 that report was brought to public domain in 1999 and again nothing was done about it. However, they The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 20 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: recommended to enact laws that will protect the family unit but it still never saw the light of day. view
• 20 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: In 2007, we saw a Marriage Bill that was spearheaded by the Kenya Law Reform Commission (KLRC) and again nothing happened. In the last Parliament, hon. Murugi Mathenge undertook that again when she was the Minister for Gender and it did not work. Really, it calls upon us in the Eleventh Parliament to make this law a reality so that we can protect marriages. view
• 20 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, today there is a very high rate of divorce and the reason why divorce rate is that high is because people enter into family union with expectations which are not met. One of the biggest challenge of the family union or the family unit is that we have refused to recognize that monogamy and polygamy are here to stay. Therefore, we want, through this Bill to make one know what they are getting themselves into. If you enter into a Christian Marriage, you need to know that you have entered into a monogamous union from day one ... view
• 20 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: If on the other hand you go through a customary marriage, which I am happy is now being given the same legal status as the Christian Marriage, unlike before where being married through customary rites was seen like you are in a second hand marriage, you must know that you are in a potentially polygamous marriage. Therefore, should a third party join you a day, two days, a year or ten years later, then it should not be a shocker to you. I think it is good when we enter into these unions with the expectations and know what it ... view
• 20 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: There is also a very important issue that is killing marriages today, that is the issue of property. I am happy that finally we have come to the recognition that it is actually possible to come up with prenuptial agreements before marriages. That will be on exactly what your role will be towards the children that you bring forth and the property that you may have had before marriage and you feel that you do not want to lose it. You can come up with an agreement so that, that does not become an issue in the course of your ... view