Joy Adhiambo Gwendo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Aug 2016 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I support this important Motion. I would like to reiterate what the Senators have talked about with regard to devolution and the role of the Senate. Our Constitution stipulates that the role of the Senate is to safeguard devolution. The only way to safeguard it is when we discuss these matters to ensure that people in the counties receive what is theirs. We all know that devolution was not meant for a day. It is not an event but a process. In this process, each person has a role. The Senate carries out the ... view
• 28 Jul 2016 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Information given by the people who are in this Committee shows clearly that the Committee on Implementation did not take enough time to go through the report even from the way Sen. Kanainza was reading. She could not read the Mckinsey and Company Limited which gave the --- view
• 28 Jul 2016 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, maybe in future, other Committee Chairpersons should learn from this. Before bringing the reports to this Senate or before answering questions we need to go through the report, do consultative meetings so that--- view
• 21 Jul 2016 in Senate: seconded. view
• 21 Jul 2016 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I had just started. view
• 21 Jul 2016 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the contrary, I would like to congratulate Sen. Sijeny for bringing this Bill. view
• 21 Jul 2016 in Senate: Contrary to the point of order by Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale. It goes to show how--- view
• 21 Jul 2016 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, unfortunately, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, did not wait for me to finish for him to understand my statement. I was congratulating Sen. Sijeny and at the same time bringing out the fact that Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale’s point of order goes a long way to show the kind of fight that we have to go through as women. You are bringing out where you feel women belong. It is like insinuating that--- view
• 21 Jul 2016 in Senate: Much obliged, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 21 Jul 2016 in Senate: Thank you Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I congratulate Sen. Sijeny for bringing this Bill to the Senate. I just want to reiterate what Sen. M. Kajwang said; counting the achievements that we have had in the world today. The current Kenya Ports Authority Managing Director is a woman. We also have the British Prime Minister, the German Prime Minister among others. These are some of the achievements that we have managed to conquer as women. These women managed to attain these positions through their struggles. In Kenya, we have to amend the Constitution for women to get these positions. Women ... view