Gladys Wanga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: I hope that the public hearings that we made in Migori this year will result in something. What is the bottom line? Are there services going to our people? Whether it is through public hearing or through the Budget, has this service reached the people? What I would have had a problem with is if people took money and put it in their pockets. I would have had a problem with that. However, if services are going to our people in whichever parts of this country, truly I will have no problem at all with that. In the same way ... view
• 10 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: I was making my preliminary remarks. 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
• 10 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: I think it is very important that when the public speaks, Parliament responds by doing something. That is the point I was trying to make right here. I was going to the point where I was saying that I do not receive, or I do not have a constituency that handles CDF money but I support it. Why? Because I see what CDF does on the ground for the people. That is the bottom line. Are our people benefitting from this? Going into the BPS, I see that there is the point of unlocking agricultural productivity among smallholder farmers. The ... view
• 10 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: I want to look at the issue of markets and particularly the issue of brokers. In Homa Bay County people plant water melons, pineapples and other crops. After harvesting, however, the farmers are unable to sell. Brokers come and buy the produce at cheap prices. They then sell them at higher prices in markets that they know. This is an area that needs to be looked at as we move forward. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I am glad that the issue of cold storage is going to be looked into. In Homa Bay, for example, fishing is a major economic mainstay. ... view
• 10 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: concerned. This is because many of our facilities lack maternity equipment. Many mothers have to buy some of the materials needed. What is saddening for me is that the issue of the free sanitary towels programme has not featured anywhere in this programme. It has just fallen off the radar. If there is an area that I would like the Budget and Appropriations Committee to amend then it is this particular area. Bring back the free sanitary towels programme. It might be little money, but it makes a big difference in the lives of those girls who receive the sanitary ... view
• 11 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, yes I wanted to take issue with the Chair of Justice and Legal Affairs Committee. We are hon. Members of this House. We speak about laws; the Law Society of Kenya and many others. Do not reduce us to table banking! Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I would like through your order, the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs Committee to apologise and withdraw that statement. Thank you. view
• 11 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, yes I wanted to take issue with the Chair of Justice and Legal Affairs Committee. We are hon. Members of this House. We speak about laws; the Law Society of Kenya and many others. Do not reduce us to table banking! Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I would like through your order, the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs Committee to apologise and withdraw that statement. Thank you. view
• 11 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: I rise on a point of order on a fundamental constitutional issue elicited by the debate of this Bill and it being brought for the Second Reading. First 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
• 11 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: I rise on a point of order on a fundamental constitutional issue elicited by the debate of this Bill and it being brought for the Second Reading. First 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
• 11 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: of all, I would like to confirm that as a Member of the House Business Committee, the House Business Committee did not meet to schedule these Bills as they appear here today. view