Esther Murugi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 471 to 480 of 541.

• 31 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move. I will be seconded by Prof. Anyang’- Nyong’o. view
• 8 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 8 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities that was adopted on 13th December, 2006 sets out, and clarifies, the rights that all persons with disabilities must enjoy internationally. The first step that Kenya took in implementing the convention was to ratify it on 19th May, 2008. The Ministry has also developed a National Disability Policy, which provides guidelines on implementation of legislation, which addresses the rights and provision of services to persons with disabilities. The policy is currently in a draft form at a status of a Cabinet Memo, and will eventually come to this House. view
• 8 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: In addition, the Ministry has developed a Draft Persons with Disability (Amendment) Bill, which will bring the Persons with Disabilities Act, 2003, in line with the UN convention. The Bill was presented to Parliament but was not tabled. It is hoped that we will be able to present it to the House before the end of this financial year. view
• 8 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Government has also, recently, operationalised the National Development for Persons with Disabilities Fund by providing a seed sum of Kshs200 million in the 2009/2010 Budget. This Fund will be managed by a Board of Trustees, as provided for in the Act. It will also assist Kenya in meeting its obligation of ensuring access by persons with disabilities to social protection, poverty reduction programmes, and to ensure access to devices and other assistance for disability-related needs, as laid down in Article 28 of the UN convention. view
• 8 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: The Government has also included disability mainstreaming as indicated in the 2009/2010 performance contract. This means that every Government institution, including Ministries, State corporations and Councils, is now required to set up a disability committee and formulate a disability mainstreaming strategy, which should include plans to:- (i) make all buildings and services accessible to persons with disabilities, including, but not limited to, information, health services, education, poverty eradication programmes, food aid, devolved funds and cash transfers, (ii) remove all barriers to employment and promotion of persons with disabilities; and, (iii) include persons with disabilities in planning in all new buildings ... view
• 8 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in addition, all Government institutions are required to provide a biannual report to the National Council for Persons with Disabilities, outlining their progress towards implementing their disability mainstreaming strategy. We have also operationalised the Africa Rehabilitation Institute (ARI) Regional Office at Kabete, making Kenya one of the five countries in Africa that host this African Union institution. The ARI is a Pan-African network programme in the field of rehabilitation and disability prevention. It is also an arm of the African Union (AU). view
• 8 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am sorry; I did not get his question. Could he repeat it? view
• 8 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, unfortunately, we just have a Board of Trustees that will start disbursing these funds. The Board of Trustees will work in conjunction with my Social and Gender Officers in the districts, for the time being. view
• 8 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Unfortunately, Mr. Speaker, Sir, when I took over the Ministry during the Grand Coalition, I had only a small section of the persons with disabilities and it took us more than nine months to fight to get it back to my Ministry. Within that month, that is what we have managed to do. I can assure the hon. Member that he and all the persons of Kenya living with disabilities are going to see a lot of work. view