Esther Passaris

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I also note that the qualifications of the two members that the Committee is asking us to reject are in areas that would be complementary to the TSC. There are lawyers. We know that the institution faces many legal battles. There is also need for financial expertise. We all know that mismanagement of financial resources in this country has led to collapse of a number of organizations. When I look at Leila, the issue of dual citizenship, which has also been raised, is neither here nor there. The Committee on Selection sent nine names and the ... view
• 17 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for allowing me to contribute to the Care and Protection of Older Members of Society Bill brought by the Senate. Article 57 of our Constitution provides for the rights of elderly people. A person over 60 is considered elderly. I want to make reference to Nairobi and I am sure it is not different in other counties. We have failed to provide land for social amenities for the youth. In Nairobi, for instance, we do not have social amenities such as sporting fields or places for the youth to congregate. That is why we ... view
• 17 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: communicated stories of the old. They watched the same movies on television. They sat down, talked and weaved baskets together. I then realised that loneliness is the biggest killer of the old. Whereas we say that families should stay with their old, both mother and father work today. We need to have social halls for the old to congregate. We have a young population which we focus on very much, but we equally have an old population. view
• 17 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: There is an organisation in Nairobi that I fund through the National Affirmative Action Fund called the County Trekkers. Every week, the old women walk across Nairobi to Komarock Estate, so that they can have a meal together and exercise. Sometimes, they have medical camps which they enjoy. They sit and talk to each other. All these elderly people live in the informal settlements. Majority of them live alone; because the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) took most of their children. As a Government, we have to provide amenities for the old. As parents go to work and children to boarding ... view
• 17 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: I look at the comparison between London and Nairobi. London has an area of 2.9 kilometre squared and Nairobi has 696 kilometre squared, yet London has a population of 8.9 million and Nairobi has 4.4 million. When you drive through London, you see lots of greenery, sporting fields and clubs for the elderly. Where have we gone wrong? We have the area and we do not have that kind of population. However, we grab all the land. For the Government to cater for the elderly and the youth, we need to claim back most of the land that was grabbed ... view
• 17 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Recently, my mother, who lives in Mombasa, told me that the rates for the house have been tripled. She asked me why she should pay 300 per cent increase in rates while she and my father are retired. We have to start having waivers for the elderly. When a person has reached an elderly stage, he or she has been contributing taxes, rates and in the growth of this country. We should have waivers for the elderly. We should ensure that the elderly can get into a bus or commuter service that we have and get either a highly discounted ... view
• 17 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: our children. We are also not willing to have comprehensive sex education in our schools. On top of it, we have heightened poverty levels in informal settlements. The young generation, that is supposed to look after the elderly, are having challenges because they have so many unplanned for children and are living in dire need in slums with no proper shelter. Recently, there was a fire in Lungalunga, where a factory burned down and there was no way to evacuate the people who could hardly even breathe. Again, this is costing the economy a lot. So, as we plan for ... view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I was actually calling your attention to my point of order. view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Both. view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Sankok has already taken his seat. I stand to support the Bill by Hon. Keter because one, we need a youth council to amalgamate all the functions that we do for the youth. It was disappointing to hear a Member supporting the same Bill, but at the same time saying that we are misusing the youth with the BBI by paying them Ksh500. That is misleading the public. The BBI is the agenda of the Government. It is for the good of this country. It is for unifying this country. So, when you stand here and say that we ... view