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.
11 Nov 2014 in National Assembly:
and water is not controlled then we have an environmental degradation both during dry and wet periods.
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11 Nov 2014 in National Assembly:
The other thing I have seen in this Bill, which is progressive, is that it is introducing a lot of institutional structures like boards, authorities and committees. A scan of this Bill clearly shows that it has eight institutional structures. These are Water Resources and Regulatory Authority, the Water Basin Resource Committee, the National Water Harvesting and Storage Authority, the Water Works Development Boards, the Water Service Regulatory Authority, among other structures that are within the Bill. The challenge for all these institutions is that their functions are similar, sometimes the same and sometimes conflicting.
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11 Nov 2014 in National Assembly:
The end product is that the public, who are supposed to access water with no problem and through minimum structures that are affordable, will be affected. These structures also will need heavy staff recruitment, appointment of senior officers and appointment of board members, which means it will have staff at different levels. This is too much for this country, which is experiencing a high wage bill. The Committee needs to relook at how to harmonize these structures, or institutions, which may be affected. In terms of providing efficient and effective service, and in terms of reforming the water sector--- One ...
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11 Nov 2014 in National Assembly:
more women than the other gender, who will ensure better service delivery and make decisions that directly affect them. Thank you and I support the Bill.
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11 Nov 2014 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I was a little bit worried because you are giving opportunities to more men. I think they are the ones leading the war in this country.
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11 Nov 2014 in National Assembly:
I withdraw, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker.
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11 Nov 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I think we are discussing a very serious issue and insecurity in this country has been discussed for too long and too many times. There is a major crisis in this country in terms of security and we should not watch this happening. As at yesterday, there was a report which was shared with some Members of Parliament and 80 per cent of Kenyans have said the Jubilee Government has failed in providing security to Kenyans. I think we are passing the buck. We are blaming communities but the Government has failed to protect Kenyans’ lives ...
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11 Nov 2014 in National Assembly:
arming ourselves. People are suffering. People are arming themselves because there is a failure by the State. We need to appreciate that. The other issue is that recently in Wajir we asked the security agents about the people they have arrested in connection with the many explosives we have experienced in Wajir County. The county has had over 100 explosions from 2013 to 2014. No one has ever been arrested and they have occurred in the Central Business District (CBD) of Wajir Town. You ask the security agents in the county who represent the National Intelligence Service (NIS), the Criminal ...
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27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I wanted to contribute on the New Clause 39.
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20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I am really shocked by the level of ignorance of the Leader of the Majority Party---
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