Getrude Musuruve Inimah

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 Dec 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, Article 98(1)(d) of the Constitution, guarantees two slots for PwDs in the membership of the Senate. In the National Assembly, this guarantee is also envisioned. I appreciate all these attempts, but call upon the Government and political parties to do more in ensuring that no one is left behind. We must all safeguard the gains so far made. view
• 2 Dec 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I urge the Government of Kenya to allocate more and specific funds to the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to ensure specific attempts are made to employ more special needs teachers and deploy them to SNE schools in order to meet the international standards or teacher-learner ratio. view
• 2 Dec 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Government needs to deliberately guarantee job opportunities for learners with disabilities who have completed secondary level, TVETs and universities. As we celebrate this day, it must be clear that economic empowerment for PwDs is a sure way of ending the existing socio-economic disparities. I urge political parties to ensure that PwDs are involved in decision making at all levels. It is notable that in 17 county assemblies, PwDs miss representation. This needs to be addressed by political parties and a matter of urgency. The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) needs to sanction political parties that ... view
• 1 Dec 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, I thank you for this opportunity that you have accorded me to support the Motion on Thanks for President’s address to the Nation. Allow me to rightfully echo that one of the salient or key functions of the President is to address Parliament. The President addresses Parliament when it is newly reconstituted. In a year, he can address one or two times, and even special occasion or special times he can also choose to address Parliament. The key arms of the Government are as follows: The Executive that is represented by the President, the Legislature that is ... view
• 1 Dec 2021 in Senate: When talking about sustainable development, Kenyans must know that during this COVID-19 time, it was a risky moment in the sense that economies went down. I thank the President on the measures that he established as we were going through crisis moment to cushion Kenyans. I remember very well and it came out during his speech and it was executed on the ground. The workers who were earning less than Kshs24,000 were not paying tax and the interest rates at the banks were brought down. A number of measures were executed to ensure that the economy did not go down. ... view
• 1 Dec 2021 in Senate: The President also talked about rural electrification programme, which is also very important. There are some areas that have never seen electricity even from the colonial era. I commend the President for coming up with this programme. I urge him to do more especially when it comes to rural electrification. Come 2022, whoever takes the mantle should spearhead this issue of electrification because there are still some Kenyans who have not been connected. I commend the President for what he has done. This is something that should be sustainable. There is 100 per cent transition when it comes to schools. ... view
• 1 Dec 2021 in Senate: President came out clearly to say that, yes, money is going to the counties, but it is not enshrined in law. It has to be enshrined in law. When we are representing people, Kenyans must know that we are representing them, especially the people in the counties. Money must go to the counties, so that development can be there, education can be improved and everyone can also get a service. That is what the Senate is mandated to do. We are here to represent people. We are here to represent wananchi . We cannot represent wananchi if money is not ... view
• 1 Dec 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to add my thoughts to these two reports. On the report that had been presented before the Floor of this House by the Committee led by Sen. Sakaja, it is a very important report. On NHIF, it is actually supposed to cushion the many Kenyans who are not able to pay hospital bills. Health is a very important issue. Even constitutionally, Article 43(1) is very clear that when it comes to health, it is a constitutional right for all Kenyans. There is need to ensure that health services are also ... view
• 1 Dec 2021 in Senate: to ratify, but before ratification in this House, there is need for public participation to be done so that there is an agreed amount of money that teachers can be paid and stakeholders in education can also be brought on board to bring their thoughts. The ratification can be enriched by stakeholders. My suggestion is that the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) should be empowered. It should be given more money so that they are able to employ ECDE teachers. The TSC has a way in which they are able to pay teachers according to their grades, education and all that. ... view
• 1 Dec 2021 in Senate: I will react briefly to one Statement. The one Sen. Cherargei is talking about on legal services. I support this Statement because representation is very important. In many instances, you will find that when Kenyans of all walks of life are summoned in court, they must have representation. It is just in good breath that Kenyans are aware of the people representing them. There is need to have a database and one common pool of all the advocates in this country, so that someone can choose from the list of advocates because if an advocate does not represent you very ... view