9 Oct 2019 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, aware that Kenya has an estimate of eight million widows with the number said to be steadily increasing; concerned that most widows face numerous challenges, including losing their sources of income and security, economic hardship, social discrimination, degrading treatment, physical and mental abuse; cognisant that the said challenges could be mitigated through providing widows with the alternative source of income that would afford them a level of liberty and dignity in their lives upon the death of their spouses; appreciating the effort by the Government ...
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9 Oct 2019 in National Assembly:
further appreciating that the Government has established the National Government Affirmative Action Fund (NGAF), Women Enterprise Development Fund (WEDF), Uwezo Fund and the Youth Enterprise Development Fund (YEDF), which provide loans and financing to the targeted groups; this House urges the Government to classify widows as a disadvantaged group.
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9 Oct 2019 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Pursuant to Standing Order No.44 (2)(c), I wish to request for a joint Statement from the Chairpersons of the Departmental Committees on Lands and Administration and National Security regarding evictions of residents who are the real owners of parcels of land in Amungenti B Subsection D Adjudication Area of Igembe South Constituency, Meru County. Recently, there have been rising conflicts in the said area over land ownership that has resulted in loss of lives and eviction of residents. It is sad that on Friday, 4th October 2019, a man named George Mithika Marinya, ID No.25700970, was ...
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9 Oct 2019 in National Assembly:
Government provide details and status of investigations on the killing of the late George Mithika Marinya and injuries inflicted on Peter Kabita Gitavi and confirm whether any culprits have been arrested?
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9 Oct 2019 in National Assembly:
The Departmental Committees on Lands and Administration and National Security.
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8 Oct 2019 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to comment on the Petition that you have just read. I strongly believe that there is disconnect in the lands office and people who manage Government affairs. Somebody in an office would just document that compensation will be done after compulsory acquisition of land. If that person leaves that office, it appears as though they carry the office to other departments or retire with the office and leave people suffering. We need a system in Government whereby, once one leaves an office, they hand over everything so that whoever comes in ...
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8 Oct 2019 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving this opportunity to contribute to this Report. From the outset, the Committee tried its best to do the finding and benchmarking on what is happening with our fellow citizens who are in Saudi Arabia. As I support this Report, let us appreciate that it is not only Saudi Arabia that people are migrating to. It is not only maids or drivers who migrate out of our country. We have immigrants of many calibres. We have professionals like doctors and teachers who go out. I challenge the Committee to also go and benchmark ...
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8 Oct 2019 in National Assembly:
I would have loved a situation where the Committee would have told us that they had some interaction with some of the people who are suffering there or who have undergone those problems. The embassy will lie and say that they do not know about them because they did not tell the embassy when they entered the country. There should have been a way of getting a proper report from the victims themselves and see how to address their issues. The Committee has done its best to tell us what they saw, how they voted and what their observations were, ...
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2 Oct 2019 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. In as much as work in this august House was made light by these systems, they are usually not up to date. As we are talking, there is no Order Paper in the system.
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2 Oct 2019 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Bill. Corruption has contributed to a lot of negative impact to Kenyan citizens. The work that is being done by the Government in this country is propelled by corruption. You cannot get any service from any public entity without giving a bribe. Some of the doctors who operate people in our hospitals are recruited through corruption. You bribe without any qualification and you are recruited to do that job.
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