Gladys Wanga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: look forward to your ruling and that you will clarify the matters raised. On the matter raised by hon. Shebesh, as we have seen in the last two weeks, Members and particularly chairs of committees have been speaking out on issues that are under investigation. It ends up really embarrassing this House. It even ends up putting us in a very awkward place. We saw last week the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security saying that the Kenya Defence Force (KDF) soldiers did not loot and then later on, we saw pictures showing them carrying paper ... view
• 17 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I am a serious Member of the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare. As the Majority Leader has said, I undertake to bring this report on Wednesday, next week. We will move with speed. view
• 9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, aware that there has been an increase in fatal road accidents in the country in the recent past, including the most recent cases of the accident which occurred at Ntulele area along the Nairobi-Narok Road where 42 persons lost their lives and others left debilitated; further aware that since January 2013 to 19th September 2013, there has been a total of 4,501 road accidents with 1,841 of them being classified as fatal and in total 2,293 persons have lost their lives due to those accidents; concerned that ... view
• 9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: (iii) the process of training and licensing of public transport, including licensing of drivers, public transport vehicles and motor cycles; and (iv) any correlation between the rise in road accidents and manufacturer’s defaults; and further, that the Committee comprises of the following Members:- 1. The Hon. Gladys Wanga, MP- Chairperson 2. The Hon. Priscilla Nyokabi, MP 3. The hon. Rosalinda Soipan Tuya, MP 4. The hon. Fatuma Ibrahim, MP 5. The hon. Eng. Mahamud Mohamed Maalim, MP 6. The hon. John Mbadi, MP 7. The hon. Mary Emase, MP 8. The Hon. Eng. Vincent Musyoka,MP 9. The Hon. Andrew Toboso, ... view
• 9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: It is estimated that ten times this number are left disabled from those accidents. The 3,000 are just those who die instantly and are counted by the police. We do not count those who go and die elsewhere. Besides creating enormous social and economic losses to inidividuals and families--- view
• 9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, in fact, the section that has been qouted by the Member reads “the Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing that will deal with transport, roads, public works, construction and maintenance of roads, rails and buildings, air, seaports and housing”. Nothing is said expressly about road safety. As I move this Motion, I urge Members of the Transport, Public Works and Housing Committee to just listen because I will be canvassing before this House that road safety is a matter that goes beyond a single Committee of this House. Road safety is a major priority and many ... view
• 9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, as I move this Motion, I would like to say that it is a coalition sponsored Motion. It is sponsored by the CORD Coalition. These numbers might look like mere statistics, but they are not mere statistics. This reality dawned on me when I rushed to the scene of the accident at Ntulele where a City to City bus going to Homa Bay had had an accident and 42 people had died. After I walked out of the mortuary that had 42 bodies, which has normally a capacity of just nine bodies, I walked out to speak ... view
• 9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: business as usual. This Motion provides a platform for us to move from business as usual to business unusual. The resolution on the Decade of Action on Road Safety calls upon member states to implement road safety activities, particularly in areas of road safety management, road infrastructure, vehicles safety, road user behaviour, road safety education and post-crash responses. If this country is ever to meet the Vision 2030, we must deal with the issue of road safety and we must deal with it decisively. Comparative estimated costs of road accidents, if you look at the various countries, as a percentage ... view
• 9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, riders continue to hang helmets on the motorcycles, perhaps, oblivious of the safety advantages of the helmets if they were worn. The majority of our young men who ride on those motorcycles - and Members of this House will agree with me - do not have licences. This is because of the prohibitive cost of training and licensing of our young men. For example, for one to have a driving licence as a motorcycle rider, you have to go to a driving school and it will cost you between Kshs5,000 and Kshs7,000. After that, you have to ... view
• 9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: This Motion seeks a resolution of this House to have the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) conduct a two-day training for boda boda riders across the country or in every constituency. On the third day, this Motion seeks a resolution of the House that these riders be tested and those who pass the test should be licensed. If this is a bad Motion, do we not want our young people to get licences? The NTSA has the mandate to do this. The Authority has the mandate to establish systems, do training, test and license. Even as we look at ... view