Fatuma Ibrahim Ali

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.

All parliamentary appearances

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  • 11 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Yes. We need to understand that when you are an estranged spouse, you are still married; you have not divorced and you still have a relationship. Sometimes, you can have a grace period to reconcile and could be living in the same compound to build the relationship. view
  • 11 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, this proposal is meant to protect people against domestic violence. It is not just on police who can beat your son on the streets. I want to oppose this amendment because at the Committee level, this was highly supported by everybody. It was not part of the deletions proposed by the Chairman. view
  • 11 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I am opposing this proposal because the provision is very useful for the police to intervene to save the affected persons. This law is made for the long-term. It is not just about when our police are corrupt or not effective. This is for long-term purposes. We need an urgent intervention of the police in case of domestic violence. This section is very relevant for that circumstance. I oppose the amendment. view
  • 11 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: How? view
  • 11 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for allowing me to speak on this Motion. I rise to support this Motion. view
  • 11 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: I support this ranking because it is a very useful exercise. If we ask students and pupils who are here whether they prefer ranking or not, I think they would support ranking. It has been said that ranking is not good for people from marginalized counties. Where I represent, Wajir County, I strongly feel that ranking will help us and it will help people who are marginalized. When you rank schools and students, we profile properly areas where there is strength and weakness. As I speak, as a Member of Wajir County, I do not know the rank of my ... view
  • 11 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: ranking. They strongly feel that the abolishment of ranking is to conceal their concerns and failures of the State in addressing the poor performance of the marginalized counties. Sometimes we feel that this decision is to conceal information of the ugly and dire situation of regions, schools and pupils who do not perform well. We have stopped ranking for this examination period, 2014 results, but what has it achieved? The only thing it has achieved is that we are feeling that we do not know which school has performed best in the public domain but the schools know which position ... view
  • 11 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I would like to bring to your attention the fact that there is no sufficient quorum in the House to debate this crucial Bill. Thank you. view
  • 11 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: seconded. view
  • 11 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I wish to support the Water Bill, 2014. Water is a crucial natural resource, which should be available to all human beings. Water is life. It is important for living. This Bill clearly wants to reform the water sector. It is proposing a number of changes in the management, usage, storage, harvesting and rehabilitation of the affected areas. I come from an area which continues to experience recurrent and severe drought. The scenario in Wajir County and the northern part of Kenya is that when it rains, the rains are heavy and there are ... view

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