Dennitah Ghati

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• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am twice marginalised; one by virtue of my community - the Kuria community - and two by virtue of my disability. So, I know what marginalisation is all about. We have to be serious if we want to put PWDs and minority communities where they want to belong, so that we can address the issue of equity fairly. view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: I beg to support view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I wish to hear the Member talk more. He is talking about Members complaining of marginalisation of their communities. There is nowhere written that one community in this country should get positions of Cabinet Secretaries throughout and which ones are earmarked for commissions? What we are trying to cure are those historical injustices. view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: I wish to correct the Member because he says we are complaining because our communities are not being included in Government appointments to the Cabinet. I am just reminding him that we are trying to cure historical injustices. view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for the opportunity to contribute to this very important amendment Bill. At the outset, I would like to congratulate and thank Hon. Mwadime. When we look at this particular amendment Bill— as has been observed by a number of speakers before— it really speaks to the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: core of what is ailing our country today. It really brings to bear our role which is not only dealing with legislation, but also calls upon us to look at the population. We need to look at the people in the constituencies and counties we represent and ensure that we are not only speaking on their behalf but also seeking to exercise oversight on what is going on and how that is affecting the country. Looking at the amendment that we would want annual reports on details of human resource in constitutional commissions, independent offices and county public service boards ... view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, when we think of countries such as Singapore and Malaysia, on a number of occasions we have sought to look at the way Kenya at some point in the past seems to have been on the same level with them and we discovered they have now made a lot of progress. I submit that one of the key issues is because in those countries the public service is very critical because it becomes the fundamental cornerstone upon which we could look at the key values. One, transparency in what it is that we seek to do ... view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Secondly, to ensure that there is a sense of accountability and that we do not have a situation where we are always pointing fingers and seeking to find who to blame, be it on region, religion, age, gender or any other dimension. view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Third, when we look at ethics to see that we do not always have to have a law or somebody looking over our shoulder but that those who are in the public service, those who seek to work to serve the community, are adhering to ethics and leadership which is a cornerstone. view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: As I support this amendment Bill, I would like to draw the attention of the House that I belong to the Departmental Committee on National Cohesion and Equal Opportunity. It has carried audits because one of its mandates would be in working with the National Cohesion and Integration Commission to ensure that we do not have a situation where diversity or differences that exist in our country become a bone of contention specifically as is reflected by this amendment Bill. In our Committee, when we looked at public institutions in our latest audits, we divided public institutions into parastatals, commissions ... view