Jeniffer Shamala

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Pursuant to Standing Order 43(1), I wish to make a Statement regarding the 12th Session of the Assembly of State Parties on the United Nation Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD). Kenya also co-hosted various side events including Still Standing Strong Albinism Awareness and more importantly the World Disability Summit One Year On in which the Kenyan Delegation shared a video clip prepared by Jacky Lilumbi of KBC appraising the International Community on its current status with regard to progress made on disability rights and welfare. view
• 20 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: I urge you, Hon. Speaker, and indeed, this noble House, to join me in requesting our local media to broadcast and disseminate this important video enumerating Kenyan achievement and challenges we face in disability rights. view
• 20 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, our achievements have placed Kenya at the apex of disability rights in Africa and position six in the world. Among our most notable achievements to which the international community has indicated great appreciation include: (1) Access to Government procurement opportunities by persons with disabilities with at least two per cent of all public procurement opportunities reserved for persons with disability, which is an economic empowerment model found nowhere else in the world apart from Kenya. (2) Tax exemption enjoyed by persons with disabilities employed both in the Government and private sector. (3) Introduction of disability mainstreaming as a ... view
• 20 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Proper assessment must be done on the receipt of the mobility device to prevent it causing more harm than good. It is equally important to assess the environmental terrain. For example, all wheel chairs that will be used in New York must have side mirrors, head lamps, reflectors and indicators because their chief concern is traffic. Here in Kenya, our chief concern specifically in the pastoralists region is dangerous wild animals. Consequently, wheel chairs and crutches in Kenya ought to have in-built programme sounds of wild animals so that if I encounter a leopard, I simply press the button emitting ... view
• 20 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: button to scare it aware. A chameleon sound will scare away the elephant. Even when I encounter very aggressive people… I can press Rashid’s voice when I encounter Gedi and Kidero when I encounter Shebesh. I wish to call upon investors to consider investing in the disability sector in Kenya because it makes economic sense. By way of illustration, the total cost of providing 400,000 wheelchairs in Kenya at a cost of Kshs30,000 each translates to a metal business market worth Kshs12 billion. About 6.5 million Kenyans with disabilities is a market bigger than Nairobi. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 20 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Hon. Millie has shown us a bag, and it is not a hand bag. It is not a lady’s bag. We feel threatened. When Hon. Duale observed the lady, he was not admiring her. He comes from Northern Kenya, where there are many risks. He was trying to protect the Members of this House. If Hon. Passaris is a threat to this House, we can call upon Sonko to intervene. view
• 20 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the amendments and the mediation process to this crucial Bill. Indeed, I want to congratulate the mediation process and the Members who took part in that mediation process. I wish to see, without any further delay, the enactment of this particular legislation. If you look, specifically at Clause 46 with regards to zoning, you will find that this is an issue that must be addressed urgently in Nairobi, its environs and in the entire country. If you look at a county like Nairobi, you will see apartments next to mortuaries, ... view
• 20 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Let us hear the Member for Nairobi County. view
• 20 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. At the outset, I support our mediation team. I congratulate the Hon. Speaker for having the best selection of Members in the Mediation Committee. It comprised of men and women of high learning, who are intelligent and dedicated. More importantly, they were ready to cede some ground for the benefit of Kenyans. If they went to mediate with their lines already drawn and not ready to cede ground, this Bill would be passed by the 13th or 14th Parliament. Because of the selection that Hon. Speaker did, we had a good team that was ... view
• 20 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: witnessed retrogressive reasons for bringing down buildings in which people invested millions of shillings. They have been brought down for the reason of being built on riparian land. This House should revisit the issue of riparian land. What is riparian land? The United Nations headquarters in New York is sitting zero meters from Huddersfield River. Fort Jesus is sitting zero meters from the Indian Ocean. The Egyptians connected two seas, the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, using the Suez Canal. A country like Holland was reclaimed from the ocean. Why are we, here in Kenya, talking about land that ... view