Josphat Kabinga Wachira

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• 17 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I have the microphone, but I do not know if I asked for it. view
• 11 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I would like to respond to a Statement request by Hon. (Prof.) Jacqueline Oduol regarding recognition and protection of the family by the State. The Member has already been given a copy of the response from the Ministry. Hon. Deputy Speaker, we held a meeting with her and I appreciate her knowledge of this particular subject matter. Therefore, I will summarise what she already has. This Statement was sought on 30th September 2021. The Committee invited the Ministry for Public Service, Gender, Senior Citizens Affairs and Special Programmes to a meeting on 9th November 2021 ... view
• 11 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: (iii) Initiation of process of developing a national parenting programme in collaboration with the United Nation International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) aimed at preparing caregivers and parents for parenting roles and responsibilities. (iv) Development of the Kenya National Care Reform Strategy which seeks to provide policy direction to guide the protection and prevention of children from separation from their families. (v) Provision of care and support for vulnerable older members of the society through setting up of rescue care centres. (vi) Implementation of Inua Jamii Cash Transfer Programme to cushion the vulnerable families against adverse economic shocks. (vii) Development of ... view
• 11 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: and the Ministry whenever we need her on this area. The Ministry also found her to be very rich in as far as this subject is concerned. We later came to realise that that is where she was working as a Permanent Secretary. We encourage Members with expertise in some of these areas to come out and help when we want to resolve some of these issues. Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. view
• 11 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. On the comment by Hon. (Prof.) Oduol, in my response I alluded to the fact that we have put the Ministry to task on some six areas that we will be following up. One of them is what she raised - overemphasis on policies and not the practical application of existing policies and laws. We will be following up on these six areas. We are sure that once the Ministry implements some of these areas or adheres to some of these areas, Hon. (Prof.) Oduol will be satisfied. On the point raised by my brother, ... view
• 11 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: On a point of order. Unfortunately, Hon. Deputy Speaker, I am not here to respond to Hon. Duale. When I joined Parliament, he was one of the guys whom I admired. I do not know what is coming to him towards the end of this Parliament because if we take some of the things he is doing lately, some of us will be retrogressive in what we had gained. view
• 11 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: He is referring to a new governor. I do not know whether we have a new governor. I am not aware of any election that was done in Kirinyaga. So, I will leave it at that. Let me now go to the main subject of the other part of Parliament. view
• 11 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, I support the Committee on Sports, Culture and Tourism through the Chair and sympathise with them for the frustrations they may have gone through because of the other part of Parliament intervening on matters that are supposed to be handled by this House. Hon. Deputy Speaker, the Committee on Labour and Social Services has a similar case. In April this year, the Senate went to Saudi Arabia to investigate some matters on labour that are supposed to be investigated by this House. They stayed there for 10 days and for the last eight months they ... view
• 9 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. While I support Hon. Duale on this, you need to be guided by the fact that we are not saying that COVID-19 has been fully eradicated in the country. The COVID-19 Pandemic is still with us and, therefore, you may probably want to consider increasing the number of Members, but not opening up the House completely. As you do so, I urge that we continue observing the current COVID-19 regulations. Even as my brother, Hon. Duale, was addressing this issue, he was not wearing a mask. That is not very good for us. view
• 21 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I would like to comment on the first Petition. The Petition is very timely. We have had several Questions, Statements and Petitions on the same issue. My Committee has, for the last three months, been working on this particular issue. We have met with various stakeholders locally; we have met with agents that are concerned with recruitment of the young men and women who go to Saudi Arabia; we have also met with the training schools that have been involved; we have met with the Ministry of Labour as well as with the Ministry of ... view