Jeniffer Shamala

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I am quite educated today, but you may have to understand some of us because our English teacher was a mixture of Kamba, Meru and Kisii. So, what matters is whether you can conceptualise what we communicate. Previously, I used to say I give indulgence, but I hereby change to seek your indulgence. Hon. Omulele, being in the Speaker’s Panel, is well versed with these issues and should take us through them. There was a day I spoke Maasai here and I was shocked that you also understood me. I thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 9 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support the Bill 100 per cent. I congratulate the Committee for coming up with a very important merger. The name “National Gender and Equality Commission” is very clear – it deals with gender issues. At the moment, women are the weaker gender. Probably later on, it will be men who will be the weaker gender but for now the Commission only deals with women’s issues as suggested by its name. Again, there is the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR), which deals with infringement of human rights, gender-based violence, child labour and ... view
• 9 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Hon. Kioni’s Committee has just given us a way forward. There are so many other commissions and State corporations that we need to merge. Look at the National Council for Persons with Disabilities, the National Fund for the Disabled of Kenya and the Association for the Physically Disabled of Kenya (APDK). All of them deal with the same person called ‘person with disability’ and spend a lot of money. Both the National Fund for the Disabled of Kenya (NFDK) and the National Council for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD) are established by Acts of Parliament. They both ... view
• 9 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, let me apologise because I did not actually mean to be rude to women. I started by saying that just like Hon. Raila Odinga appointed his brother to the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA), there are possibilities of even appointing girlfriends and boyfriends. I sincerely apologise and withdraw. It should be expunged from the Hansard because I did not really mean that. view
• 9 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to oppose this Bill. I oppose it because I have the institutional memory of where the National Gender and Equality Commission (NGEC) came from. The women of Kenya were deeply involved in the constitution-making process that gave birth to the 2010 Constitution. They were as clear as day and night that there was no other way of addressing issues affecting women in this country other than having an independent commission whose main purpose would be to deal with matters gender and matters affecting women. Now, while it makes economic sense that we ... view
• 9 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: practical experience is that we are not getting what we ought to get so that the NGEC can perform their functions better. The question I would want answered is who was involved in the drafting of this Bill. How much public participation took place to arrive at this decision? Was there a study or a survey done, or even any form of consultative process done to understand from the women of Kenya whether they were satisfied with the commission as it is and whether they were willing for this commission to be put under an umbrella bigger commission? If that ... view
• 9 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: We must remember some of the things that were raised in court concerning any effort to amend the Constitution of this country. That a few people cannot sit and out of their motion decide “you know what? We do not need the NGEC here. Let us put it here” and do not go back to the rationale and justification that was brought forth by the stakeholders that made that happen. So, unless we are involved, I wish to tell the Chair of the CIOC that “unless you involve the women of Kenya, unless you have a document to bring to ... view
• 1 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to second the Report of the Departmental Committee on Justice… view
• 1 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. As I was saying, I rise to second the Report of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs on the approvals for appointment of the four candidates to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). The four candidates that I will not name because they have already been named demonstrated excellent combined extensive experience in law, public administration and management. One of the crucial things that came out during the approval hearings was the concern about spoilt votes. In a country which has an average of over 83 per cent literacy rate, this, indeed, is ... view
• 1 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I second. view