Hellen Chelangat Chepkwony

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I support the Member who brought this Bill for the opening up of the late Mzee Kenyatta’s Mausoleum to the public. The people who were born during Independence and saw Jomo Kenyatta were lucky, but our children do not know who Jomo Kenyatta was yet there is a mausoleum they should visit and learn about him. The Member who brought this Bill thought enough that there is something wrong with our country. We are not showing our children what they are supposed to know. They should know that there ... view
• 5 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: our Independence. There are other people who fought with him and struggled, but our children do not know that. We would be happy if mausoleums are constructed in every county where these heroes lived. Many heroes have died, but nobody knows about them. view
• 5 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: It would be great if we constructed mausoleums for these heroes and make them cultural centres. These days, our children have problems. They do not know their cultures and where they came from. We should be serious now. After passing a Bill like this, it should be implemented for the knowledge of our children and to raise revenue for the country. view
• 5 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Some Hon. Members have talked about Israel. If you go to Israel, there is a mausoleum where Jesus was entombed and it fetches a lot of money. That is where he was entombed. What of Kenya where our founder is lying? If you go to Rome, you will see late popes in mausoleums. Why can we not do that for our country and make money? view
• 5 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: The tourism industry is going down. We need to boost local tourism. We should not depend on foreign tourism alone. We should have local tourism by showing our children what happened in the past and how these heroes struggled for our Independence. We hear the history of Dedan Kimathi, but our children do not know who he was because there is nowhere where we can visit, read his history and find out what he did or what happened to him. view
• 5 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: This time, we should make sure that things work the right way. Children do not know their culture and that is why you find that they have lost direction. Evil things like men raping young children are happening because there is no culture. They cannot even remember anything because there is nowhere they can visit and find out about their cultures. We should be one Kenya, but we also must mind our cultures and bring up our children in the right direction. view
• 5 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: There is a Heroes Corner in Ethiopia. One time, we had talked about a heroes corner here in Kenya, but nothing happened. It was only talked about, but nothing happened. view
• 5 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: The 11th Parliament will pass this Bill and implement it. With those remarks, I support the Bill. view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to talk about the County Assemblies Powers and Privileges Bill which has come to the Floor. view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: I want to support this Bill because as we speak, the roles of the county assemblies have not been specified. By that, we found that most of the counties were dictated by the governors. The Members of County Assemblies (MCAs) did not know their roles so the governors overruled them. Whatever they were doing were overturned by the governors. That is why as we speak now, we are seeing that many counties are facing so many financial challenges because the county assemblies have no powers over the governors but in the real sense, constitutionally, we know that they are the ... view