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.
20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
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20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
I withdraw, hon. Speaker.
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20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
I have withdrawn, hon. Speaker.
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20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker. I withdraw and apologize.
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13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. Accountability is very important and people with Executive powers need to be accountable. My real concern and I have said this before, this country is taking a dangerous trend by introducing amendments that might undermine fair and impartial accountability. People with Executive powers in this country are the President, Cabinet Secretaries and governors. We need to tighten accountability. These amendments might The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
target specific Executive offices and might bring some uncontrolled damage which might dent the people who are targeted to account. Suspending somebody who has been adversely mentioned in a report is not appropriate. They should be allowed to stay. There must be certain threshold to allow that kind of suspension.
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30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I stand to strongly support the Committee’s Report. I want to confirm that I am a Member of ODM elected by the people of Wajir and not by hon. Ochieng and others.
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30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly:
I want to support hon. Ochieng. He has done good work in the Committee. I also want to recognize the petitioner, who has made great efforts to file a petition, so that his grievances and concerns are addressed. I want to confirm here that the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs was very fair to the petitioner in particular, and was very thorough with the IEBC commissioners when they appeared before it. I want to confirm here that the Petitioner was given a lot of space to present his facts and a lot of information. The information presented was ...
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30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Deputy Speaker, I think this country is going into a very dangerous trend. The dangerous trend is that if individuals, groups or parties are dissatisfied with any institution, the first thing they want to do is to disband, remove, censure or impeach it. It is very dangerous for this country, and we will never progress. Instead of reforming institutions to correct and strengthen them, we want to deal with individuals. I want to confirm here that the Petitioner did not present information to say that commissioners should go home. We want to confirm that.
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30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly:
In the USA, when Bush Jr. and Al Gore argued that California State results had irregularities they never disbanded a commission. The elections body was respected. They conceded defeat and life continued, unlike in this country where when you lose, you want to disband bodies. When we interacted with the commissioners, they confirmed that there were certain weaknesses in the institution that require reforms. They acknowledged that and that is what we need to do, reform institutions and not disband them or appoint a tribunal to hear the commissioners.
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