3 Oct 2018 in National Assembly:
On something else.
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3 Oct 2018 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to speak on the next Order.
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3 Oct 2018 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to speak to this important Motion. I rise to support the Motion on the grounds of the significance we give to our development and the manner in which we, as leaders in the National Assembly, in Government and other places, are focused solely and squarely on ensuring that Kenya not only grows to improve, but to realize its ideals. It has been indicated that 78 per cent of the population is younger than 35 years and that 70 per cent of those that we see are unemployed. As I ...
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16 Aug 2018 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I also support the Report.
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16 Aug 2018 in National Assembly:
The Commission on the Status of Women as, indeed, has been ably presented by the leader of delegation, is an opportunity for Kenya to reflect and examine where the country is in terms of not just the development of women, but much more importantly, to look at the way that the country has implemented existing legislations. As we look at the very critical aspect of best 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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16 Aug 2018 in National Assembly:
practices and lessons learnt, and in order not to take on too much time so that we can get as many Members as possible to speak to this, I would like to draw particular attention to the Call to Action No.9, that speaks to building capacity at the national and the county level.
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16 Aug 2018 in National Assembly:
As we listen and debate this Report, we are aware that in spite of the clear constitutional stipulations with regard to the affirmative action to get representation of women in leadership at the county assembly - and that leadership be one that would perform the role of any legislature, namely, legislation, oversight and representation - we have counties such as the Kisii County Assembly, where in clear disregard of not only the constitutional requirement, but also lack of understanding of what gender means, have passed legislation to restrict the nominated Members of the County Assembly from participating in legislation.
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16 Aug 2018 in National Assembly:
Therefore, as I loud the Call to Action, particularly No.9, I would like to indicate that we do not just limit ourselves to gender responsive budgeting. I would like that we begin to ask ourselves whether we understand the distinction and see that gender can be seen from two levels.
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16 Aug 2018 in National Assembly:
We have talked of the Call to Action No.3. We want to change the narrative and include men in partnership. This is laudable, but I would like us, as the National Assembly, to recognise that we need to get back to looking at understanding how we can all embrace issues of gender.
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