Florence Mwikali Mutua

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: I the undersigned, on behalf of aggrieved pensioners, draw the House to the following: THAT the Pension Department under the National Treasury is mandated to ensure timely, efficient and effective payment of pensions, gratuities and other benefits to eligible retirees from the public service so that they enjoy a dignified and secure livelihood when they leave the service; THAT, most senior citizens who served the Government with diligence and honour make follow-ups for their benefits for years on end; THAT, many files go missing either deliberately or due to lack of enough human resource to handle the files resulting into ... view
• 12 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: THAT, matters raised in this Petition are not pending in any court of law, constitutional or other legal body. Therefore, your humble petitioners pray that the National Assembly through the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare: 1. Looks into the state of pending payments and the action being taken by the relevant authorities to deal with the delays in payment of pension dues; 2. Initiates a process of devolving pension services to county level through legislation to save pensioners and dependants’ time and resources; and 3. Make appropriate recommendations with respect of numerous cases of missing files. And your ... view
• 12 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 12 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I stand guided. view
• 12 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for that question. It is very important. As you have said, most of us went through public schools. Indeed, as you have 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
• 12 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: said, maybe this COVID-19 is a blessing in disguise so that we can have infrastructure in public schools back to where it should be as we prepare for schools to reopen in January 2021. We have questioned the Cabinet Secretary on how prepared the Ministry is. We also questioned the issue of COVID-19 infections peak. If we peak in January, then what happens? As a Committee, we are also trying to negotiate to see if we can have a retreat. We need a serious checklist from the Cabinet Secretary on how we are moving forward to ensure that infrastructure is ... view
• 30 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you Hon. Speaker. Despite the fact that we have a very heavy in-tray under our Committee we will try and give the Hon. Member a response in two weeks. Thank you. view
• 30 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: (Busia (CWR), ODM): Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to give a response to the request for a Statement regarding Placement of Students from Isiolo County into institutions of Higher Learning by Hon. Jaldesa. Her question was, why is it that over the past 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
• 30 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: few years no student from Isiolo County, had been admitted to pursue the traditionally perceived lucrative courses such as medicine, pharmacy, law, engineering and architecture among others. Our response is that all applicants regardless of their counties are given a fair chance to compete for programmes. They submit applications on the same platform and are subjected to uniform criteria. That, notwithstanding it should be noted that the placement of Government sponsored students to universities and colleges is based on merit and applicants listed choices. It is further determined by the declared capacity in each programme, which limits the number of ... view
• 30 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: Two, lowering by three points the overall cut-off point for degree programmes for applicants with physical impairment. This is also subject to meeting the minimum admission requirement for their degree choices. For example, in the just concluded 2020/2021 placement cycle a total of 2,648 applicants benefited from affirmative action. Comprising 331 applicants with disabilities, 1,638 from marginalised regions and benefited 679 applicants under gender affirmative action. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view