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

Entries 51 to 60 of 278.

  • 3 May 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I want to make a personal appeal to you. The issue of land has been a long battle for many people. Some of the amendments are very disastrous, in particular removal of the NLC from the work of land registration and titling will cause anarchy in this country. I want the Chairman, who was a member of the technical working committee on Lands, Environment and Natural Resources, to know that the NLC is an independent Commission. It is not owned by anybody. It is accountable to the Kenyan people and the Government of this ... view
  • 28 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I wanted to speak on Clause 16. view
  • 28 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I want to oppose this amendment because the fine is too high. Remember, we are dealing with a nation with a 52 per cent of its population being poor people. Prisons are full and we should reduce the imprisonment term to six months or a year. We should be careful with the laws that we make here. view
  • 26 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. This amendment will not add any value. As indicated in most of the clauses, the security agency that will vet people will deal with this issue. I do not know why it is being introduced here as a requirement. It does not add any value. view
  • 21 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I stand to strongly support the amendment. Our Constitution is very clear that we are supposed to promote positive discrimination. This is a form of positive discrimination. It is very evident in this country that political parties have not encouraged women. Instead, they have discouraged women. I concur with our Chair. I want to stress here that the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs is a very progressive Chair. I want to plead with the Leader of the Majority Party to support women as he has been doing. view
  • 21 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. view
  • 21 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, I would like to support the Two Thirds Gender Bill of Hon. Duale. I was here in the morning when the Political Parties (Amendment) Bill was passed. The intention of that amendment was to introduce some formal support to increase the number of women in elected positions to Parliament. The two-third gender rule is as a result of the requirement of the Constitution. All over the world, the best 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. view
  • 21 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: practice and committed democracies create special arrangements to boost the leadership of women. The drafters and people who agitated for this Constitution pursued the line of increasing the positions of women in leadership and, in particular, in politics. I request our male and female Members of Parliament (MPs) to support this Bill so as to increase the voice of women through contributions and the focus of women in this Parliament in the next election. This Bill is very crucial in terms of securing representation of both men and women because we are only looking at the current scenario where men ... view
  • 21 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: The reality is that women in this country are not in the same playing field in competitive political leadership. When campaigning for elected positions, women experience multiple challenges. If you listen to women elected in a constituency, they experience more challenges, face more attacks, abuses and use more money compared to the men whom they are competing against. The reality on the ground is that those challenges are not visible, but they are real and happening every day. Women, who want to vie for an elective position in a constituency, experience multiple challenges that discourage many of them from contesting ... view
  • 21 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, I support this Motion. view

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