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.
15 Nov 2018 in National Assembly:
New. National Insert the following new section immediately after section Adoption
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Society. 176─
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177A. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Child Welfare Society of Kenya established under Legal Notice No. 58 of 2014 shall be – (a) the national adoption society whose function shall be to provide adoption services on behalf of the Government of Kenya;
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(b) the approved society for purpose of care, protection and control of children;
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(c) exempted from the provisions of section 177 of this Act with regard to registration; (2) The exemption granted to the Child Welfare Society of Kenya under the Societies Act immediately before the commencement of this section shall upon such commencement, be deemed to have been granted under this Act.
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15 Nov 2018 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, notwithstanding any other provision, the Child Welfare Society shall be the national adoption society whose function will be to provide adoption services on behalf of the Government. It shall be the approved society for purpose of care and is exempted from the provision of Section 177. Again this is what we have been canvassing the whole time. So, we have now just brought it to be clearly put there. Somebody had talked about the Child Welfare Society being created now. These were things that were done before I was born in the 50s. It was made ...
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15 Nov 2018 in National Assembly:
The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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15 Nov 2018 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, indulge me for a moment.
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15 Nov 2018 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move: THAT, the Schedule to the Bill be amended in the proposed amendments to the Children Act, No. 8 of 2001 by – s.179(1)
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15 Nov 2018 in National Assembly:
Delete the “proviso “and substitute therefore the following new (b) proviso─ “commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twenty years or to a fine not exceeding twenty million shillings or to both.”
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