Dennitah Ghati

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• 31 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: matter. It is rather serious. So, I want more investigations because I can see here that my Governor is under investigation for the alleged Kshs600million misappropriation. I would be keen to know where these allegations are coming from and what has been happening to that tune of Kshs600million. view
• 31 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: The people of Migori need services. If my Governor is found to have misappropriated those funds--- My people are not rich. Action should be taken against all corrupt leaders. The President gave an apology to this country about past injustices. It is good. However, just giving promises without action is null and void. We know, as a country and as a people, that the President owns a lot of land in this country. He has parcels of land in Mombasa and almost everywhere. Things like the post-election violence and land-grabbing are injustices that were meted to Kenyans. As an action ... view
• 19 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you. On behalf of the people of Migori County and on my own behalf, allow me to send my condolences to the people of Makueni and Siaya on the passing on of hon. Kasanga Mulwa and hon. Grace Ogot. As a young girl growing up through high school and university, I read a number of her books. Although I never met her physically, I read the great books that she authored. She was a great author. As a woman of this country, I know Mama Grace Ogot has been in the frontline in championing women and girls’ rights. That ... view
• 18 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you very much for giving me this opportunity to contribute. I want to state that I support the Major-General. I am a Member of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations before which that gentleman appeared. I found him to have quite a lot of experience having worked from 1980 and 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
• 18 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: rising up the ranks until 2012. However, I had a problem with a retired Major-General. Just like my colleagues have said, I do not understand why we have to recycle people who have already retired and bring them back to service. I raised that issue in the meeting. However, having looked at his vast practical experience, which he gained in several countries when he was representing Kenya, I felt that he is a good guy and he will represent Kenya well in Somalia. Somalia poses a very great challenge to our own security in this country. Therefore, this job needs ... view
• 18 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: I, therefore, wish to support the appointment of Major General (Rtd) Tumbo, but with those reservations and I know that the President will listen to some of the issues that we are raising. view
• 17 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. As much as you say that courts are friends of children, who usually goes to defend children in court? Are they not Children’s Officers? I would have expected the retention of Children’s Officers. Where I come from, whenever there is violation of children’s rights, it is the Children’s Officer who takes the matter to court. Any other interested parties also take such matters to court. In fact, I am surprised that NGOs are included in this list, but not Children’s Officers. The NGOs should be removed from this list, so that they ... view
• 5 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, hon. Speaker. Allow me to support the amendments by the Senate. This Bill is long overdue. We have discussed it in this House. As hon. Wanyonyi says, the Senate was probably just looking at our grammatical errors here and there. Nothing much has changed. I support this Bill and those amendments because I am a woman, a youth and now a person with disability. The Senate has considered what we discussed in this House. It is high time we looked at how women, especially poor grassroots women, can access those tenders. The 30 per cent rule ... view
• 5 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: time, those groups have been ignored and sidelined. Now that that it is very clear, we are getting there. With those few remarks, I wish to support the amendments. I wish to congratulate the Senate for supporting this Bill. Thank you. view
• 25 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, hon. Speaker. Allow me to thank the Committee that has worked tirelessly to investigate and set this woman free. I think this is a very hardworking lady. I have worked in the women’s movement and for most of us who have come from a women’s movement perspective, we know where we have come from. We are even struggling at this moment with the two-thirds gender rule. Wherever a woman is on top, there are usually masses of people who want to pull her down. I do not think that is fair. The Petitioner, in my view, ... view