Janet Ongera

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity. I rise to support this very good Report. From the outset, I want to commend the Chair of the Committee for the excellent job they have done. However, 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
• 4 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: there are some gray areas which they need to look into. Indeed, we need to improve the infrastructure of our missions abroad so as to alleviate the suffering of our staff. They should also be accorded training opportunities. However, the big elephant in the room is the kind of services these officers offer to Kenyans living abroad. I am particularly concerned about Saudi Arabia. As Members have indicated this afternoon many of our girls are raped in that country, others are molested and live like slaves when they go there as domestic workers. We need a solution to this problem ... view
• 4 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity so that I may also support this Motion. From the outset, I take this opportunity to congratulate our Vice-Chairlady who moved this Motion, the Member of Parliament for Lamu County, and also the Seconder. This Report is very timely for us as a Committee to highlight to this distinguished House the problems and challenges that we see in the one-stop-border post. While, this was a very noble task that the Government initiated to have the one-stop-border post, quite a number of issues have arisen or have not been addressed ... view
• 4 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: view
• 4 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: THAT, this House notes the Report of the Sixth Ordinary Session of the Fourth Pan-African Parliament, held in Gallagher Convention Centre, Midrand, South Africa on 7th to 18th May 2018, laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 31st July 2018. view
• 4 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: I take this opportunity to present this Report on behalf of my delegation. The Sixth Ordinary Session of the Pan-African Parliament was attended by the delegation that was elected by this august House. It was composed of Hon. Beartice Kones, Hon. Jude Njomo, Hon. Janet Ong’era, Sen. Stewart Madzayo and Sen. Abudullahi Ali Ibrahim. We were accompanied by members of the secretariat led by Mr. Zakayo Mogere, Deputy Director of Liason in the Senate, Ms. Caroline Kinyua, Senior Clerk Assistant, Senate, and Ms. Wanjiru Ndindiri, Senior Clerk Assistant, National Assembly. view
• 4 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: This delegation is grateful to this august House for electing them to represent them in the Pan-African Parliament. We are grateful that we were accorded this opportunity. view
• 4 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: During this Session, the delegation was sworn in May. For the first time, we had over 72 Members that were sworn in among them were Morocco and Comoros as new members to the Pan-African Parliament. view
• 4 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Pan-African Parliament was established in the Protocol to the treaty establishing the African Economic Community. Article 2 of that Protocol established this Parliament and laid down its functions. The purpose of the Pan-African Parliament is clearly set out in Article 17 of the African Union (AU) Constitutive Act, 2000. One of it is to ensure full participation of African people in the development and economic integration of the Continent. view
• 4 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: In 2004, another constitutive amendment to this Act was made and many countries are yet to ratify this Protocol, including Kenya. This Protocol requires that members would now be residing fully in Johannesburg so that they are no longer elected by their parliaments. The 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