Janet Ongera

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 May 2020 in National Assembly: I would like to point out the issue of the 47 County Woman Representatives. It is, indeed, sad that we are removing the elected CWR from this House, which deals with the national budget and appointment of cabinet secretaries and ambassadors, and we are instead taking them to the Senate. It would be good if the CWR were left in this House and an alternative way of dealing with the gender parity issue is found. view
• 4 May 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, may I get your protection from this side. I said I am supporting. I am pointing out the grey areas. As a legislator, it will be very sad if I do not point out the grey areas in this Bill. Finally, the two principals, Hon. Raila Amollo Odinga and President Uhuru Kenyatta, decided to put aside their differences because they wanted to look at the greater good. The greater good will always override the less. So, in this amendment, we have 75 per cent that is good. That is the reason we must support the Bill. The ... view
• 29 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for allowing me to also make a comment. While I appreciate what the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Education and Research has said, there is really an elephant in the room on the issue of sanitary towels. The manner in which they are distributed is extremely haphazard. Our girls are not getting them in time and they have even politicised it. When we distributed sanitary towels in 2018, when the County Woman Representatives were given a chance to patron the girls, we did it in a very orderly manner. The record is there for everybody ... view
• 29 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Chairman. I will be very brief. First, I am very concerned that Kisii County was not considered. The allocation is extremely skewed. I propose that this money be equitably distributed because it is by all MPs from the 47 counties. It does not matter whether there is a county that has been affected or not. I think that prevention is much better than even cure. Thank you. view
• 26 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker. view
• 26 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Did you hear the Member say that if the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and Coordination of National Government - actually the Prime Minister of Kenya - should use his own chopper? Where can a Cabinet Secretary of the Government get his own chopper other than use the military choppers? Is he in order to allege that the Cabinet Secretary should do covert or overt deals in order to buy himself a chopper? view
• 22 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman for giving me this opportunity. I support this amendment but when I look at these amendments, I find that there is a problem in having the CEO, the Council inspectors or authorised officers inspecting. There will be too many loose cannons. I thought the Hon. 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. view
• 22 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Chairperson of this Committee should have proposed that the CEO or authorised officers so that you do not have so many tasks being duplicated without proper control. Thank you. view
• 21 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity so that I may also make my contributions to this historic debate. I rise to support the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, 2018 dubbed the “Duale Bill”. From the outset, I take this opportunity to congratulate the Mover, Hon. Duale, for being consistent and supportive of the course of women in this country and for bringing this Bill. In 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. view
• 21 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: equal breath, I also take the opportunity to congratulate and commend the Seconder of the Bill, Hon. John Mbadi, the Leader of the Minority Party, for seconding it and for being consistent in the support of women leadership in this country. This is a historic Bill. Let me also congratulate all my brothers in this House for consistently supporting the course of the Bill. In equal breath, let me congratulate my sisters, particularly the leadership of KEWOPA, for standing out and going out of their way to support this Bill. I also congratulate all the female Members of this great ... view