Joyce Akai Emanikor

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, the programme of social assistance in this country is experiencing difficulties in implementation. My colleagues have spoken of the costs that the beneficiaries incur in accessing these funds. The Government should device mechanisms that are efficient to give out this money. Considering the costs The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: that the beneficiaries incur, which go way beyond what they get, could the Government then increase this money to, for example, Kshs5,000? view
• 20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. With all due respect to my two leaders who have spoken, they are welcome to bring their amendments. It is not like this House is fighting. There is a fight between men and women and we need to identify the good things in the Bill. One of the good things is that this Bill protects husbands, wives, children, house-helps and relatives who live in that house. This Bill recognizes domestic violence as unacceptable and an injustice that needs intervention and redress. It is a good thing. It recognizes domestic violence ... view
• 20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. From the outset, I want to strongly oppose this Bill. Much as the Bill is anchored on Article 53 to protect the rights of the child, and much as it identifies care and protection of the child as a The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: responsibility of the parent, I am concerned with the wording “equal responsibility”. There is need to define these responsibilities. There are financial responsibilities. There are other responsibilities that women undertake, which women cannot do. Therefore, there is need to identify circumstances in which the word “equal” will be applicable – for instance, where parents have equal income. There are situations where we have housewives and working husbands. I do know how the word “equal” will apply in such an instance, particularly with regard to the financial responsibilities. This Bill should call for the costing of all household chores that women ... view
• 12 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order No.44(2)(c) I wish to request a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology regarding the status of education in Turkana County, and in particular the acute shortage of teachers. view
• 12 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, in Turkana County, hon. Members have seen in the recent past that it has been the focus of the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 12 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: media. You have seen chiefs and security officers teaching in classrooms. This is because schools have not received any teachers. view
• 12 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, Turkana County has 352 primary schools, with a total enrolment of 130,000 students. Teachers are 1,400 and there is a shortfall of over 2,000 teachers. The current the national teacher/pupil ratio is 1:47 while in Turkana it is 1:100. In some schools we do not have teachers, while in others we have one teacher who doubles up as the head teacher. This is very grave. It only displays depravation of human rights. It displays an abuse of our Constitution. view
• 22 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me this chance to contribute and to support this Bill. I am in the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources and I want to reassure Members on behalf of my Chair that we are working hard to bring many amendments regarding the royalties and the revenue sharing formula and even reducing the powers of the Cabinet Secretary. An earlier speaker alluded that the law that we are using in mining was enacted in 1940, which vested a lot of powers in one man, namely, the Commissioner of Mines. This is in terms of ... view