Dullo Fatuma Adan

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Sep 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I also wish to thank Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. Just to respond to the Senate Minority Leader, we have to defend the Senate and we will ensure that we do that. I would like hon. Members to know that we have many enemies out there. Therefore, we have to stand together and defend this House in order to do what we are required to do. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the previous Senate, I led an ad hoc committee to look into the state of prisons and issues affecting prisoners. We ... view
• 19 Sep 2019 in Senate: I did not accompany the Committee that visited the prison yesterday because of another engagement. However, having been a convener when I worked at the Prisons Department as a commissioner for the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 19 Sep 2019 in Senate: (KNHCR), prisons reforms is dear to my heart. I have traversed this country visiting many prisons and I can report that prisoners are living in a pathetic situation. view
• 19 Sep 2019 in Senate: One time I attended a conference in Ghana where Ministers and leaders from various countries were present. One Minister who is now retired made a confession. He said that when he was Minister in charge of Home Affairs, he never wanted reforms. However, immediately he left the Government, he was arrested and taken to prison. He regretted and wished to be back to his position to introduce reforms and make prisons better. That means that even us here could be in prison tomorrow. Therefore. we need to take care of prisons in our country. view
• 19 Sep 2019 in Senate: The Act itself has not been reviewed over the years. Even with the new Constitution in place, things are still the way they used to be. We have many facilities in prisons that are not even utilised. We have many hectares of land in this country that people just grab. If those farms are utilised properly, it will be possible to feed this country without asking for relief food or importing maize from other countries. view
• 19 Sep 2019 in Senate: It is like the poor are the ones who serve sentences because the rich can pay money behind closed doors and get away with crimes they commit. You will find children below 18 years mixed with hardcore criminals in the same cells. By the time they come out, they have learned the same habits. The law does not allow them to be mixed with the hardcore criminals. That is a big problem that this country needs to deal with. I know if we bring that report, Members of the National Assembly will say that that is their mandate. I hope ... view
• 19 Sep 2019 in Senate: I thank you. view
• 19 Sep 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I wish to read the Statement of the Senate Majority Leader. Hon. Senators, pursuant to Standing Order 52(1), I hereby present to the Senate the Business of the House for the week commencing Tuesday 24th September, 2019. On Tuesday 24th September, 2019, the Senate Business Committee (SBC) will meet to schedule the business of the Senate for the week. On that day and subject to further directions by the SBC, the Senate will consider Bills due for Second Reading and Committee of the Whole. The Senate will also continue with consideration of Business that will ... view
• 19 Sep 2019 in Senate: Foreign Relations, which undertook a visit to the Kitui Prisons to assess the state of prisons services in Kitui County. The Sessional Committee on County Public Accounts and Investments (CPAIC) also engaged with the Kitui County Assembly Public Accounts Committee, where inconclusive sessions on audit reports relating to Machakos and Makueni counties were held. I hope that the recommendations that will be made arising from these meetings and the other engagements by the other Standing Committees which held sessions in Kitui will go a long way to not only benefit the people of Kitui County, but the people of Kenya, ... view
• 19 Sep 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I thank the Senators who have raised points of order. I believe that they are valid points, but because of the interest of time, we were unable to mention all the Committees. However, as far as the report of the sittings of Kitui, we will mention all the Committees. Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view