Fatuma credits her success to her grandmother who took her to school after her parents separated. She chose to study Agriculture as she believes that only agriculture could alleviate poverty in food insecure Wajir County. Her work at UN Women exposed her to the challenges women face daily, physically and mentally. In 2003 she was appointed a commissioner to the Kenya National Commission for Human Rights (KNCHR) and spearheaded the release of a report faulting the government’s IDP’s resettlement exercise (Operation Rudi Nyumbani). Fatuma is passionate about girl child education and seeks to ensure none of the girls in Wajir lacks education due to financial constraints.
2 Jul 2015 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, the Committee is creating the impression that they want to take away all the functions of the county governments and give them to the national Government. This could be to frustrate county governments and prevent them from having a substantive support in this work.
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1 Jul 2015 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I strongly support this amendment. We are all aware that Kenya is a growing democracy. We are not comparable to mature democracies like the United States of America (USA) and the United Kingdom (UK). Political parties funding is very crucial for us. It is very vital for the survival of democracy. The current arrangements of political party funding---
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1 Jul 2015 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the current arrangement of funding just two political parties, which are the heavyweights, will definitely kill growing and promising political parties. This amendment is useful because it will help us to create space for small and promising political parties to secure State funding. Some of the three major political parties were formed a few months to the elections, but because of personal investment and individual contributions which are not monitored, they have become very huge political parties, thus locking out small parties which have been growing for a number of years. In Kenya, political parties are ...
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1 Jul 2015 in National Assembly:
because they are influenced by individuals and certain cartels. They are not accountable and transparent to the taxpayers. If they are funded by the taxpayers, they will be more accountable and transparent compared to the current situation. I support the amendment that small parties should be funded by the taxpayers through State or public funding. We should allow our democracy to grow with the small parties and not to be controlled and manipulated by the major parties, which are two or three.
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14 Apr 2015 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker for allowing me to contribute. I want to send my heartfelt condolences to the families of the 147 children who died in Garissa. They are our kids. They died for no reason. They were butchered by people who do not care about the lives of human beings. I condole with the parents of those children. I also console my fellow Kenyans for this kind of brutal killing of our children. I agree terrorists have been operating in North Eastern, especially in Wajir, Mandera and Garissa. The residents there have been suffering. Kenyans have been exposed ...
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2 Apr 2015 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I stand to condole with the families and friends of the Kenyans who have died in Garissa. On my behalf and that of the people of Wajir and the people of North Eastern Province, I would like to say that it is a very sad moment for Kenya and, particularly, for the families who lost their loved ones. That scenario is very saddening and shocking for all Kenyans and all human beings who care about life. The sad part is that the terrorists are with us everywhere and they are terrorizing Kenyans and other human ...
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2 Apr 2015 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I stand to condole with the families and friends of the Kenyans who have died in Garissa. On my behalf and that of the people of Wajir and the people of North Eastern Province, I would like to say that it is a very sad moment for Kenya and, particularly, for the families who lost their loved ones. That scenario is very saddening and shocking for all Kenyans and all human beings who care about life. The sad part is that the terrorists are with us everywhere and they are terrorizing Kenyans and other human ...
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1 Apr 2015 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Speaker. I rise to strongly support the Presidential Address. The Address was confidence building and unifying for this country. Mr. President, hon. Speaker, the President created hope---
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1 Apr 2015 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Speaker. I rise to strongly support the Presidential Address. The Address was confidence building and unifying for this country. Mr. President, hon. Speaker, the President created hope---
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1 Apr 2015 in National Assembly:
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