Judith Ramaita Pareno

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 May 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the distinction between this Bill that seeks to repeal the initial law that was passed is that, in this Bill, we have introduced peace building as a separate aspect. As I said earlier on, it seemed we were handling peace building and cohesion separately. I do not know how we intend to handle these two separately. If we are serious on national cohesion and integration, then all integration and peace building issues should be brought on board under this Bill. They cannot be separated. view
• 28 May 2019 in Senate: The NCIC looks at the index that is brought about after a survey is done in our counties amongst our people. It is done to see how many counties are complying in terms of how we are integrating our people in employment and services to this country. This Bill provides a framework for promoting all these national values and principles and to ensure that we have good governance. view
• 28 May 2019 in Senate: There are issues that tend to disintegrate us. For example, how much are we dealing with intolerance and providing for laws that deal with it amongst us? How much are we dealing with discrimination when it comes to employment, resource allocation and distribution? How much have we done as a country to look for those signs that show we are disintegrating and early warnings that we are not going in the right direction? How much are we dealing with sharing of this power that always brings us to almost near collapse? Those are issues that are core to the integration ... view
• 28 May 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this Bill seeks to bring all these programmes together so that we are able to have early warning signs that show that we are not going in the right direction in terms of cohesion and that we have tolerance amongst our communities. It is also to ensure that there is balance of power that we fight for at all times. We should have mechanisms to ensure that we take steps to ensure that we do not disintegrate as a country. view
• 28 May 2019 in Senate: At times I wonder whether this NCIC has enough teeth to perform. I once saw a clip of a Member of Parliament making inflammatory remarks. I waited to see what action would be taken against that Member, to ensure that nobody else utters those inflammatory utterances that are so intolerant of one other, but nothing was forthcoming from the NCIC. view
• 28 May 2019 in Senate: I remember that clip where a Member of Parliament said that it is time people knew that certain tribes can fight; that they can sustain war, and that other tribes can just The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 28 May 2019 in Senate: run, throw stones and that is it. Such utterances are so bad that stern action should have been taken. As the Senate, we should ensure that this Commission really works towards a more coordinated effort. This Bill seeks to bring more teeth and force. It seeks to allocate, not necessarily resources, but give more strength for this Commission to perform. I wish that at that particular time, we will see the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) coming so strongly to deter such utterances that can bring friction among ourselves. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the functions of the Commission have ... view
• 28 May 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if we had more branches in counties monitoring the activities that can compromise our integration, cohesion and peace, it would provide better what we intended to have in terms of the national cohesion for this country. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Bill seeks to provide for branches within the counties so that we can easily and closely have these services right with the people and make this Commission more effective. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Bill has departed from the provision that was there in the original Bill where there was no clear mechanism of how ... view
• 28 May 2019 in Senate: Therefore, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Bill introduces the selection panel which will be guided by the procedure set out in the First Schedule. Once the names are approved by Parliament, the Bill requires that the President appoints the chairperson and members within seven days by notice in the gazette. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have also come up with a new term of office after consultation with the stakeholders in this matter. The chairperson shall serve for a term of six years which is non-renewable and the members shall serve for a term of five years non-renewable. This is ... view
• 28 May 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have provided for a non-renewable term for the secretary to the Commission which is renewable once and provided for the qualification of appointment and also for the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and accounting officers of the Commission. So, there is slight improvement in terms of what was provided for and what we are proposing in this Bill that seeks to repeal the original Act 2012 that has been in place. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Clauses 32 to 42 have provisions that deal with discrimination, hate speech and negative ethnicity. When we talk about cohesion, the ... view