Elsie Busihile Muhanda

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for granting me the opportunity to ask Question No. 012/2019. (i) Is the Cabinet Secretary aware that schools in Butere, Navakholo, Mumias West and Malava constituencies in Kakamega County did not receive sanitary towels in the Financial Year 2017/2018? (ii) What measures has the Ministry put in place to ensure that the said schools are provided with sanitary towels, and further, that all public schools across the country are supplied with sanitary towels on time? Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 21 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to add my voice to this very important issue. When we look at Wanjiku and Awinja of Kenya we find that our women are not economically empowered, they have low levels of education. They are affected by Gender Based Violence (GBV) problems, child defilement, early school pregnancies, dependency syndrome and low self esteem. view
• 21 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Who is best articulated to look at these issues that are affecting the women of Kenya? Where I come from Kakamega I am the only elected woman MP. We have never had any elected woman MP in that region. So, I need more women in that region and everywhere in Kenya to help me look at these issues that our women are facing in Kenya. Women are the ones who form the human resource in Kenya. They are the backbone of the economy. The women are the ones who are looking at the Big Four Agenda. They are looking at ... view
• 21 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: We need to help these women. We need to put our hands together and get more women to solve these problems that are affecting them. You will agree that the delay is not very easy for women in politics. In Kakamega I can remember one Teresa Shitaha stood to be elected as a MP and she was seriously ridiculed. That is just a case in point of the problems facing Kenyans. That is why we need to first start with nomination and then afterwards women rise to other seats. view
• 21 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: As I finish, I want to say that in as much as we are looking at the two-thirds gender rule, we must also look at guidelines of nominating women. We should look at women who have stood to be elected and maybe they become number two so that they are nominated. These women have really struggled. Therefore, we need to look at the criteria of nominating women. view
• 21 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 22 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me a chance to add my voice to this very serious situation in our country. If you look at the Bill of Rights, every citizen has a right to live in dignity. But you will find that those women are dejected, they are not accepted in the society and they cannot even enjoy conjugal rights. With urine and faeces coming together, those women cannot live a total life. You will also find that even the right of those women to breastfeed their children is troubled. How can you breastfeed your child when ... view
• 15 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me a chance to add my voice to this very serious situation in our country. If you look at the Bill of Rights, every citizen has a right to live in dignity. But you will find that those women are dejected, they are not accepted in the society and they cannot even enjoy conjugal rights. With urine and faeces coming together, those women cannot live a total life. You will also find that even the right of those women to breastfeed their children is troubled. How can you breastfeed your child when ... view
• 25 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I rise to support this Motion. While I support it, I want to say that apart from the CCTV cameras, schools are facing a lot of problems. Even outside the school, there are many rape cases happening. For example recently, in Kakamega County, Khwisero Sub-County, a pastor raped a school girl. In Mumias West also we had a child visiting relatives and was raped. Also in Malava where we have Musuma Primary and Musuma Secondary schools, we had one person raping two students. So, apart from the CCTV cameras, we are saying that we look conclusively at ... view
• 25 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: Apart from the CCTV cameras, which are very important, we have to look at how, as parents and as a community, we can look after our students. We are looking at cases where even parents have abdicated the duty of looking after their children and left it to the schools. So, as parents, we should also intensify counselling. It saddened me to find out that the PS for Education said that one of the solutions that should happen is banning of boarding schools. That was unfortunate having come from the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for Education because our students come from ... view