Esther Passaris

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 251 to 260 of 269.

• 16 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would like to comment on the weather patterns and on what Hon. Naisula said happened when we had drought in Kenya and our cattle were moved across our border with Tanzania. We need to have good relationships in the East African Community. We need to be understanding and help each other so that we can grow economically and develop the region properly. We also need to have movement of labour because there are talents we have in Kenya that may not be in Uganda or Tanzania. If we all cooperate, we can exchange ideas and ... view
• 16 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Recently, I sat in a conference of trade unions where the whole of Africa was represented. They discussed labour issues, climate change and women empowerment in the labour movement. This is an important Motion. I thank the Mover for bringing it to the House. I support it. view
• 15 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you for this opportunity. I congratulate my sister for bringing this Motion. I support it. A majority of children with disabilities do not go to school because schools are not available. If we ensure that every primary and secondary school has a special unit, we will ensure that children living with disabilities have access to education and all the services that are supposed to be offered under the Bill of Rights. Children with special needs require to be in primary and secondary school. Most importantly, this will give us an opportunity to collect data of ... view
• 15 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: At the same time, there is an absolute need for the Government to collect data on families with children with special needs and ensure that they provide social services to them. For instance, there should be waiver of taxes for parents of disabled children. There should be support from the social structures. Because I was given one minute, I support the Motion. view
• 14 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I stand to support the Motion because when you think about it, this country seems to always not care about what the citizens are going through. It takes me back to a time when all of a sudden, energy saving bulbs were introduced. The Government came up with a project of distributing energy saving bulbs to communities. People were told that the Government wanted to try and save energy. That was done only once. Somebody benefitted and the project was done away with. view
• 14 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I stand to support the Motion because when you think about it, this country seems to always not care about what the citizens are going through. It takes me back to a time when all of a sudden, energy saving bulbs were introduced. The Government came up with a project of distributing energy saving bulbs to communities. People were told that the Government wanted to try and save energy. That was done only once. Somebody benefitted and the project was done away with. view
• 14 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Solar heating systems are good things to have, but they are very costly. The way it was programmed by the Energy Regulatory Commission shows that this was, again, going to be part of a corruption mix. The fact that we have a Committee that looked into these regulations and said that we cannot afford to do this – that we need to do away with them – is fantastic. We want green energy, but we need incentives. The Government has to recognise that the citizens at this particular time are really hard pressed. The economy is suffering. For us to ... view
• 14 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Solar heating systems are good things to have, but they are very costly. The way it was programmed by the Energy Regulatory Commission shows that this was, again, going to be part of a corruption mix. The fact that we have a Committee that looked into these regulations and said that we cannot afford to do this – that we need to do away with them – is fantastic. We want green energy, but we need incentives. The Government has to recognise that the citizens at this particular time are really hard pressed. The economy is suffering. For us to ... view
• 14 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 14 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you. view