Esther Passaris

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 121 to 130 of 268.

• 5 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: reinforce our dams because if we do not do that, we are going to have even bigger disasters where more lives are lost. view
• 5 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: I pass my condolences to all the families that have lost their loved ones. I tell them that as leaders, we have failed them because we never provided enough for them. But we are going to work hard and tirelessly to make sure that we have better responses. view
• 26 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Hon. Speaker, I stand on a point of order regarding the conduct of a Member. Hon. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 107, I wish to raise a matter regarding the conduct a Member during the House Sitting on Thursday, 21st November 2019, where a Member threatened to use violence against a Member. view
• 26 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the Standing Orders provide for tenets of disorderly conduct carried out in the House while parliamentary proceedings are ongoing. I am raising this on a point of order under Standing Orders 107 and 107 (A), which addresses the conduct of business by Honourable Members of Parliament. Specifically, Standing Orders 107 and 107 (A) provide for the procedure of dealing with disorderly conduct, where a Member threatens and uses un-parliamentary language. The said Member, despite having threatened to punch a colleague, when I requested him to retract his statement, he went on to threaten me further and used un-parliamentary ... view
• 26 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: signatory to the United Nations, we as a country are taking part in the 16 days of activism in collaboration with UN Women which is an annual international campaign that kicked off on 25th November 2019, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women that runs until 10th December 2019 and the Human Rights Day. In this regard, I also implore you to support this international campaign initiative through sanctions on such kind of unbecoming conduct. Hon. Speaker, I, therefore, request that you find the Member as having been out of order on that particular date. I kindly ... view
• 26 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Hon. Speaker, it is the MP for Kimilili, Hon. Didmus. view
• 26 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Yes, Hon. Speaker. I have the Hansard here. Would you like me to read it? view
• 26 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: It says: view
• 26 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Who do you think you are? You cannot punch me. view
• 21 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. In the era of increased gender-based violence, when a Member threatens to punch another Member and especially a woman in the House, and shouting insults that you did not hear, then that is bad. I cannot repeat the insults. I will not go there. view