Esther Passaris

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you. I stand guided, Hon. Deputy Speaker. We have a probem with our youth. Obviously, they are the majority. They are unemployed because we have not created enough opportunities for them in terms of jobs. Certainly, we have neglected the youth in this country. There are efforts by the Government to try and remedy that position. So, by having this Council, we will look at all the funds provided for the youth, like the Uwezo Fund, the Women Enterprise Fund and the Youth Enterprise Development Fund. At times, we duplicate efforts. I liken us to an octopus moving in ... view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: must get the right education and take up positions in bodies that are formed for their benefit. They should use the social media not just to criticise and condemn, but to give constructive criticism that can help us serve them better. Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I support the Bill. view
• 3 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I am a member of the Special Funds Accounts Committee. As a Committee, we have tried very hard to scrutinise all the funds that come before us. I stand to support the Motion on the audited financial statements of Uwezo Fund and Women Enterprise Fund. The Government has created a number of Funds to help our youth and women. The only thing is that, sometimes, I feel we have left out the aging men. So, we need to find a way to incorporate the aging men. We have taken care of women and the ... view
• 3 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: I was recently in India and I visited the Entrepreneurial Development Institute of India. The Government of India, which is a very good partner to this country and is willing to come and set up an entrepreneurship institute or partner with one of the institutes here - and I am working on that - says that before you start lending your population money for business, you have to understand your market. You have to create clusters. You can say that this particular region should grow this crop and this other particular region should produce this. That way, you can enhance ... view
• 3 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: charged for procuring them and yet, that is the Fund that is meant for the youth. That did not work out well. We cannot decide for the people. They have to do that themselves. I feel that the Government has a lot more to do. The Entrepreneurship Institute of India went and studied every corner of the country in each state, understood what the people needed and what their education level was, and made packages in line with what the needs were for the market and created clusters. Clusters are the way to go. If you are going to Kisii ... view
• 10 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. On behalf of my County, Nairobi, and on behalf of my own family, I wish to convey my condolences to the family of our second President, Daniel Toroitich arap Moi. Today I have seen long queues of people with no water and probably no lunch. I am so grateful that in their wisdom they decided to extend the time. Moi was a man who forgave. I ask Kenyans out there who are not very happy with the leaders to learn to forgive so that we can forge ahead with development for our nation. Thank you. view
• 5 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Kenya always talks about having disaster management and rapid response funds to help people. In Nairobi, whenever we have a fire outbreak; I try to look for money for disaster. Under the National Government Affirmative Fund, we get a maximum of Kshs1 million for disaster management when it is divided equally for the entire country. We came up with a rule that some counties do not experience disasters and give the money to counties that experience disasters. I called the National Government Affirmative Fund and told them that we had floods in Nairobi with ... view
• 5 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: When it comes to national disaster, a country has to have a provision. When we have disasters like the floods we have had, sometimes I wonder why we cannot send all the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) to help the people or construct houses for victims or give them tents. When we had the post elections violence, we set up camps for displaced persons. I feel we have not been responsive enough as a country with the floods we have now and it is really sad. I feel it starts and ends with us here. When we make budgets, we need ... view
• 5 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: With climate change, we know disasters are going to be big. It is important we pay attention to that. As far as dams are concerned, a dam collapsed today. We need to ensure we view
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