Cecily Mbarire

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 761 to 770 of 1001.

• 12 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I wish to begin by congratulating the Mover of this Motion that is timely. It was about time that we intervened on behalf of the youth of this country to ensure that issues concerning the youth are taken seriously. If you look at the time that the Kenya National Youth Council Act was enacted, it was in 2009 and since then elections were held sometime last year, I remember. That was about 2012, three years later and until now the Council has not been ... view
• 12 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: The NYC having been established if you remember and I think most hon. Members are aware, elections were held starting from sub-locational level to division level, district level, provincial level and finally national level. All these are structures that are very key for the growth and development of the youth in this country. The youth for a very long time have had no voice of their own; they did not have a formal structure that would have enabled them to meaningfully participate in the development and policy process of this country. I remember way back when I was working within ... view
• 12 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: I also want to say that I have heard many hon. Members talk about the issue of unemployment in this country. It is very high but we need to now seriously focus on how to deal with unemployment. I personally had issues with a manifesto stating that we shall create one million jobs per year. Personally, I was keen on knowing how the one million jobs would be created. I think it is up to us, as hon. Members, to start looking for avenues of ensuring that those jobs are created. If we are saying that the youth fund has ... view
• 22 May 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. As the Leader of the Majority Party clarifies the role of the Members of Parliament who accompanied the Deputy President, I think it is important that this House knows that this is not the first time Members of Parliament have accompanied the Head of State or the Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs; it has happened in the past, and now the Deputy President has done it. This has been happening unless we are saying that this House cannot participate in international matters, and that our role is just here. I think it is important ... view
• 14 May 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, I want to contribute to this Motion, first by saying that we, as the Committee on Appointments, did our job and it is true that at the end of it all we recommended that one Phyllis Kandie was not suitable for the job. It was not for anything else but because of the way she answered our questions. I know that many times interviews fail even the very best brains, and sometimes people get intimidated; sometimes they come ill prepared and I want to say here that we did not in any way find one Phyllis Kandie ... view
• 14 May 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. I just want to say that as the Member for Laikpia said, I am not opposing this report. It would be very hypocritical of me to stand here and oppose a report of a committee in which I sat for four days. I am just stating facts and let me say that it was not a very easy decision for us to make, for the reason that if you looked at the papers of this great lady, you would appreciate that they do not match the lady who came for the interview. That is why ... view
• 14 May 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, we did our job very well. I have been speaking English all the time. I did not speak any other language, not even my Embu language. view
• 14 May 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member is completely out of order. That is not a point of order. I am simply speaking, first, as a Member of the Appointments Committee; but I am also saying that this is the first time we are conducting this kind of exercise. We have lessons to learn from the exercise. We do not have any precedent from which we could have borrowed. So, instead of us beginning to say that the Committee did not do a good job, we should be saying that in fact we did very well, because we have never done ... view
• 7 May 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Motion by hon. Joseph Gitari. I want to begin by congratulating him for thinking ahead of many of us on this particular matter. Any Member of Parliament knows that the biggest burden that we carry in our constituencies is healthcare. Many times Members of Parliament have to participate in many fund raisings to see how to cushion our communities and our constituents from huge medical bills. I see that the institution that has been given the mandate to help reduce this health burden is instead increasing ... view
• 17 Apr 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the Motion. view