Farhiya Ali Haji

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Nov 2020 in Senate: The economic sector has also improved. There was additional recruitment of 5,000 health workers and 11, 000 interns in the health sector. We are aware we are losing health professionals. Some of them will not be able to attend to patients because they are in the vulnerable age groups. These extra numbers mean there are more heath workers to attend to people. view
• 24 Nov 2020 in Senate: I commend the President for the 250, 000 desks. The other day, I heard someone complaining that the President was talking about that. This number is significant because of two things. First, it is a COVID-19 intervention measure, that instead of two pupils using one desk every pupil has a desk of their own. Secondly, people from the ‘Jua Kali’ industry are the ones doing this work. That money will help them sustain their businesses, so that they do not go out of business. The 250,000 desks are very important to us because of those two reasons. Mr. Temporary Speaker, ... view
• 24 Nov 2020 in Senate: I also wish to commend our President for talking about mental health. As we are all aware, mental health is an issue in this country and all over the world. Unless we handle this phenomenon, then we will lose our productive age through suicide or drugs. That means all of us will be impacted in one way or another. This is because instead of people working, they will be dealing with one issue or another. I so happy that our President articulated issues of mental health. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I do not know whether I will finish whatever I ... view
• 17 Nov 2020 in Senate: On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. view
• 17 Nov 2020 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, is it in order for Sen. Cherargei to curtail what the President wanted to contribute in terms of the desks? These desks are very important because of COVID-19. Children were sharing desks before, but now they cannot share. To me, that was a quick win in our fight against COVID-19. I think the Senator is out of order for critiquing something that is on COVID-19 health issues. view
• 11 Nov 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. First, those children’s plight is the fault of the society. If we had taken care of our social fabric, those children would never have been in that situation. We have lost the social fabric as a country. Therefore, the county government and the officials who carried out the uncouth act should be ashamed, because they have no sympathy for children. Sen. Sakaja said that both the County Assembly and the governor refused to appear before the Committee. What is our role? We oversight the counties. If a governor can decide ... view
• 11 Nov 2020 in Senate: with my colleagues that conferment of city status to Nakuru Town be withheld until this matter is concluded. Mr. Speaker, Sir, when you think about acquiring city status over the life of human beings, then you are an animal who does not deserve to be part of society. We should get rid of you as quickly as possible. view
• 11 Nov 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Sen. Nyamunga has spoken about most of the things I wanted to say. I thank the Committee for doing a thorough analysis of the document. There are many good recommendations they came up with, which we appreciate. The only problem I have with the Committee recommendation is the removal of the 47 women from the Senate. In this country, when we talk about gender parity, people look at it from one side of the coin; that this is about women, which is not true. view
• 11 Nov 2020 in Senate: Now that there is 35 per cent increase of money to the counties, there will be women who will look at the soft side of that. Together with our male counterparts, they accept critical issues that need to be looked at which are different from their views. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 11 Nov 2020 in Senate: One of the issues that do not go right in our leadership is that 50 plus 1 per cent of this country is not represented on the table. In this Senate there are 18 women who are nominated. Of the 18, none of them has voting rights on matters concerning counties, which means that you can only vote on normal procedural Motions. The impact of the nominated women is not being felt. I beseech our colleagues that if we wanted an amendment, we should propose that they move with the funds. If you retain the funds for the 47 women, ... view