Elizabeth Ongoro Masha

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2561 to 2570 of 2683.

• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Under the new Act, political parties will be funded. What we are saying is that if a political party will not have provided and taken due care to ensure that the two-thirds rule has been adhered to, then that political party does not qualify to be funded. Fifty percent of taxpayers in this country also happen to be women. I do not see why any political party should be funded after they have failed to comply with what is constitutionally provided for, and what has been debated even in this Chamber. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, if we allow this, we are simply saying and making a bold statement that every political leader or party must ensure that during the process of nomination, they ensure that they even give women nominations in politically viable constituencies so that they are compliant. But at presentation of their nomination list, if the political party is not compliant, and does not present a list that contains not more than two-thirds of either gender, that political party should not only be denied funding, but in future should even be considered for deregistration. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this appointment which I believe was purely on merit and on the basis of regional balancing that we have been so much wanting to achieve. This is the first time that Luo Nyanza is getting any constitutional office. So, I beg to support. Thank you. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I stand to support the nomination of this woman, not just because she is a woman, but I am supporting a Kenyan with impeccable credentials, who really qualifies to occupy the position for which she has been nominated. Going by the other positions she has held before, I have researched and found not a single time that she was convicted of anything or abused her office. view
• 25 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I rise to support this Motion. I also want to add my voice to Clause 4 of the Bill, which gives the Commission an option to either establish other offices or not. I think we should change this to compel them to decentralize in capturing the spirit of devolution in the new Constitution. This is a very critical aspect of the new Constitution; the devolution of funds. I think it is important that the Commission takes it upon itself to ensure that it devolves its services and opens up offices, not just in any place in ... view
• 25 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I rise to support this Bill. view
• 25 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: I only have two issues. I want to draw your attention to Clause 14 on the removal of the Director-General from office. This is a very interesting provision that the fate of certain important office holders could be left in the hands and decision of a Cabinet Secretary. As usual, when two people work together over a period of time, sometimes issues arise. Clause 14(g), in my opinion, gives a window for the Cabinet Secretary to possibly just frustrate and remove Director-General from office. I would actually request that we delete subclause (g), because this is an open window; a ... view
• 25 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, secondly, I draw your attention to Clause 24. It says:- “The Cabinet Secretary, in consultation with the Board, may make such regulations, as shall be necessarily for the better carrying out of the provisions of this Act.” Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like us to fortify that that provision, or paraphrase the sentence to ensure that this will not be abused by the Cabinet Secretary and the Board. They should not create avenues or platform of abuse, or attempt to water down the very good provisions that have been contained elsewhere in this Bill. view
• 25 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I beg to support. view