Janet Marania Teyiaa

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Let me also take this opportunity to congratulate the other four countries that were elected to serve alongside Kenya namely Mexico, Norway, Ireland and India. Our deepest appreciation also goes to our foreign friends who supported us in our quest. I want to thank all the East African Community (EAC) nations because our success began with their endorsement. I also want to thank the African Union (AU), which was very helpful. Without the AU’s endorsement, this campaign would not have been possible. It must be very clear to all that Kenya is in the UNSC to represent the entire Africa ... view
• 23 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: 9. Environment and climate change. 10. Sustainable development goals. Kenya’s promise is to work with the entire UN membership in executing the mandate of the UNSC in an inclusive, responsive and consultative manner irrespective of the countries’ size and military strength. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we also appreciate the hard work done by the heads of foreign missions based in Nairobi for the support they accorded us in carrying the message back home. I want to reserve a very special gratitude to the heads of foreign missions. They are called “permanent representatives” of all countries based in New York at ... view
• 16 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Yes, Hon. Chairman. view
• 16 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Chairman. On behalf of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations, and I can see two distinguished Members of the Committee are in this Chamber, that is, the Hon. Vice-Chairman and Hon. Mwathi, the Member for Limuru, it is the considered opinion of this Committee that the budget for this Ministry, the whole of Vote 1052, be ring-fenced for the following reasons. This is a Vote that is always about travelling in the diaspora. It is about missions. Every time when we have austerity measures, they cut across all ministries and this Ministry gets most The ... view
• 16 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: affected. For instance, in the current financial year, personal emoluments were reduced by seven per cent, ONM were reduced by about 21 per cent and the most affected areas are our missions abroad. We were even proposing, as a Committee, that a Vote for Kenyans in distress abroad be provided for all missions. If you look at the situation during this Covid-19, you will find that very many Kenyans are suffering out there and those missions do not have such a vote. The biggest request of the Committee is that, through you Hon. Chairman, this budget for Vote 1052 be ... view
• 9 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have five minutes. I do not know how much I will say because I will speak on behalf of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations that oversees about five State agencies. Let me begin with our Defence Forces and say that they have really managed to keep at bay the threats from Al Shabaab very significantly. And I think they require an applause, a commendation and also resources to match emerging threats because of the environment that is always changing. Our Defence Forces are, as well, very vital in ... view
• 9 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: respectively, in our Supplementary Estimates II. We are, therefore, opening up new centers but we are not providing them with resources to match that. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has really embarked on economic diplomacy. As a Committee, we have seen that there is need for commercial attachés to be seconded to those missions because we will benefit economically from those missions as a country. We have also acquired some assets as a Ministry especially in Lusaka, Kinshasa, New York and Washington DC, among others. view
• 9 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I am now relaxed. Let me emphasize my point as a continuation on our missions abroad. We have acquired some assets in missions abroad, especially in Lusaka, Kinshasa, New York and Washington DC. However, despite those efforts, there is need to renovate those assets, to keep and maintain them to the required standards. Otherwise, they are going to deteriorate and become very expensive in the long run through major rehabilitation works. Therefore, there is need for the National Treasury to provide some budget lines for the maintenance of those assets. As I said, there ... view
• 9 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: On the East Africa integration front, as one of the states in the East Africa Community (EAC), we are the anchor nation. We will actually take the Summit this year. Had it not been for the COVID-19 pandemic, we would be chairing the Summit by now. But we have not provided enough resources to equal that. view
• 9 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: On the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA), we need to provide more resources, as a country, to enable our… view