Florence Kajuju

All parliamentary appearances

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• 27 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Motion for Adjournment. Since I came to the 11th Parliament, I could see the challenges and expectations of this country, because it is this House that is supposed to ensure that we implement the Constitution as it is. We have tried because I have seen very many Bills that have passed through this House. We have been able to agree and the President has been able to assent to them. The only challenge I have with this House is the issue of the two-thirds gender Bill that we were supposed ... view
• 27 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: candidate for the Deputy Chief Justice (DCJ) position. I, therefore, believe they are going to do a good job. I also pray that Justice Lenaola is approved by the President of the Republic of Kenya to become a judge of the Supreme Court. I have worked in his court as an advocate and I dare say that he always does a good job. He is a good judge. I know he will do a good job in the Supreme Court. The two-week recess comes when schools are closing from tomorrow. I know that most of us are fathers and mothers. ... view
• 27 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker. view
• 26 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the Committee on Regional Integration has business pending before it. First, we have the Bills from the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) namely, The East African Community (EAC) Counter-trafficking in Persons Bill, 2016; The East African Community Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation Bill, 2016; and, The East African Community Retirement Benefits for Specified Heads of Organs Bill, 2015. These were committed to the Committee on 5th October, 2016. The Committee is in the process of considering those Bills. The Committee has a meeting with various stakeholders so that it can finalise with the Bills and table them before ... view
• 26 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for this opportunity to contribute to this debate and to strongly oppose the amendment as presented by my Chairman. There is a reason why Kenyans voted for the Constitution in 2010. The intention and spirit of the Constitution still stands. view
• 26 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: I would not want the 11th Parliament to become the one that killed the spirit of the Constitution that was passed by over 65 per cent of Kenyans in 2010. If we were to accept this amendment and include the word ‘progressive’, then, we, as legislators, are accepting that we have failed in our initiative to ensure that we comply with what is in the Constitution. I just want to correct Hon. Gichigi, my good classmate, because he said that women legislators in this House have not come up with any initiative. I just want to remind him that Hon. ... view
• 26 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Therefore, it is wrong to condemn female legislators in Parliament and allege that they have not made any initiative to ensure that this legislation and amendments are effected. When I look at the objectives of this amendment, they are self defeatist, not workable and are made in bad faith. The first objective says that the purpose of this amendment is to strengthen the institutional framework for monitoring the implementation and equality policies not only in representation, but also in ensuring increased participation in the political process. view
• 26 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: The Constitution’s intention was to have a law that is going to ensure that no more than two-thirds of any gender is in Parliament. By passing this amendment, we are reducing the spirit of the law to a policy. We know how policies are taken in this country and we are not ready or willing to have the female gender reduced to a policy. The second objective talks about emphasising more on the election of women, so that, they can be nominated by way of capacity building, civic education, facilitation and participation in political party affairs. That objective is totally ... view
• 26 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: I remember one of the things we did in the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs was to ensure or propose that women are granted some funding, so that they can have a base from which they can seek political seats. That request, amendment or proposal by the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs was rejected by the same House we are seated in today. Therefore, we cannot come back with this amendment and say that one of the objectives is capacity building for the women, giving them civic education and facilitating them. Why would you talk about ... view
• 26 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: We cannot talk about incremental achievement of the two-thirds gender rule as contained in objective (c), neither can we leave this issue to political parties. We have seen political parties have not acted in good faith. Most of the people who have been nominated have never participated in political affairs. Therefore, it is not an issue of political parties neither can we talk about the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) or the Registrar of Political The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard ... view