Gladys grew up in a political family. Her father the late John Nyasuna, was a councillor and chairperson of Kisumu County Council. Gladys emulated him and developed interest in politics at an early age. In 2003, when at Kenyatta University she became the first female to be elected as the Secretary General of the Student’s Union. After University she remained active in politics and engaged in ODM party politics while still working in LVCT Health. In her term of service, she seeks empowerment of women and youth and education for the girl child. In parliament, Gladys spearheaded the formation of the Information and Public Communication committee.
5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly:
With those many remarks, I thank you for giving me the consideration and I support.
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26 Feb 2014 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. Yes I do have an amendment. I would like to move:- 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.
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26 Feb 2014 in National Assembly:
THAT, the Motion be amended by deleting the full stop after the figure 2014 and adding at the end thereon the words: “subject to allocation of Kshs40 million to the National Gender and Equality Commission for outstanding pending bills and a reduction of an equivalent amount from the recommended allocation for the social economic audit of the Kenya Constitution, 2010.”
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26 Feb 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Deputy Speaker, I rise to move this amendment because of the seriousness of the matter of the Kshs40 million for the National Gender and Equality Commission. The Kshs40 million for the National Gender and Equality Commission is actually not a new amount that is being added, or a new request for funds. This is an amount that was allocated to them in the Financial Year 2012/2013 for the purposes of partitioning their offices. The money was received by them, though on 2nd July, 2013. Therefore, they were not able to pay in good time for the partitioning of the ...
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26 Feb 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Deputy Speaker, it is a pending bill. It is money that they have already incurred. They want to use it to pay their debtors. The Commission should be given the money to pay that debt.
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26 Feb 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Deputy Speaker, the reason why I request this money to be removed from the social economic audit of the Constitution of Kenya is because, when we read the Budget and Appropriations Committee Report on page 10, point 17(ii), we see that an allocation of Kshs80 million has been made for that social economic audit. When we go again to the annex which has been referred to there, and which is the details of the social economic report, we see the working group that is going to do the social economic audit. If you read page 14 number seven, it ...
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26 Feb 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Deputy Speaker, therefore, I feel that it is only fair that we give the National Gender and Equality Commission Kshs40 million to pay up their debts and then, for this amount that we do not immediately need, we can actually pay half of it and then pay the other half in the remainder of the term. As we speak, we do not even know the cost of that social economic report. We will need to advertise it. We will need to see how much exactly it will cost and then, as we appropriate, we will be able to give ...
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26 Feb 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move this amendment and call upon the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare, hon. David Were, to second this amendment.
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25 Feb 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, on behalf of the Chairperson of the PSC I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Article 127(1)(d) of the Constitution, this House approves the appointment of Hon. (Dr.) Abdullahi Ibrahim Ali and Mrs. Lonah Mumelo to be Members of the Parliamentary Service Commission. I will move this Motion very briefly because a Motion of a similar nature had already come before this House in the last Session. This basically is a follow up and a response to the mood of the House and the sentiments of hon. Members regarding the ...
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25 Feb 2014 in National Assembly:
As I conclude, I would like to say that the approval of these two members by the House will complete the constitution of the Parliamentary Service Commission, which really is long overdue. With those many remarks, I would like to urge Members of the House to support this Motion. I beg to move and now call upon hon. Jimmy Angwenyi to second.
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