Gladys Wanga

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1571 to 1580 of 1718.

• 19 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: That is why I was saying that if (d) is closed then (3) should stay. I am opposing deletion. 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
• 19 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I had mentioned this earlier – that by protecting Regulation 18(1)(d), it is very clear that there is 20 per cent for religious institutions as a grant to administer to women. view
• 19 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, there was a ruling of the Chair that Regulation 18(1)(d) is protected. view
• 19 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I would just want confirmation that, that particular one was deleted. view
• 19 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: So, it means that 18(d)(1) is saved. I just want to be clear. This is because everything else “religious” has been deleted except 18(1)(d) that was protected by the Speaker’s ruling. view
• 19 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: So, 18(1)(d)(i) therefore obtains to as it is in the regulations. view
• 14 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Bill. I understand that this Bill is constitutionally required and, therefore, needs to be done either way but in its current state, I find a lot of difficulties supporting it. I will therefore be contributing in opposing it. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the media or the Fourth Estate as we know it is really a key player in any democracy. Protecting freedom of the media, freedom of the Press, freedom of speech and ideas is a pertinent role of this House. The media is a ... view
• 14 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the media including the Kenyan media has this choice to make whether they want to be the watchdog or whether they want to be in bed with the Government and advance partisan interests. In some contexts we have seen the media actually advancing very partisan political vested interests and enhancing social inequities by excluding minorities. This is not the media we want to see. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as an Opposition politician, the media that is not in bed with the Government is my greatest ally and, therefore, I must support the freedom of the media ... view
• 14 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: First, self-regulation preserves the independence of the media. You cannot say that you have independent media when the regulating authority is actually a State organ appointed by the Cabinet Secretary and whose salaries are determined by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC). How do we achieve this independence? Self- regulation preserves the independence of the media and protects it from partisan Government interest. view
• 14 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Secondly, self-regulation is likely to be more efficient as the media understand their own environment more than the Government would. On some of the issues referred to by hon. (Eng.) Gumbo earlier on about the blogosphere, internet and this digital age, as the media becomes more globalized it becomes more difficult or the issues become more complex. These are issues of jurisdiction and what exactly goes where because we are now in a global village. Self-regulation is likely to fill this gap because the Government will not be in the business of understanding the international context of the media. The ... view