Judith Ramaita Pareno

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 May 2019 in Senate: Hon. Senators, it is now 6.30 p.m., time to interrupt the business of the House. The Senate, therefore, stands adjourned until Tuesday, 28th May, 2019 at 2.30 p.m. view
• 23 May 2019 in Senate: The Senate rose at 6.30 p.m. view
• 23 May 2019 in Senate: 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
• 22 May 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to finally move this Bill that has been pending on the Order Paper for quite some time. I beg to move that the National Cohesion and Peace Building Bill (Senate Bills No.35 of 2018) be now read a Second Time. I am happy to move this Bill at a time when this country needs a lot of cohesion, integration and peace building amongst ourselves. I am happy that I am moving this Bill at a time when we have the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) led by none other than our ... view
• 22 May 2019 in Senate: You may find a commission has been created but at the same time, we have a directorate under the Office of the President dealing with the national values and peace building. In fact, the submission from the discussion with relevant stakeholders is that the Commission is starved of funds while the Directorate has funds. Why can we not bring all these together and deal with cohesion, integration and peace all together? You cannot separate cohesion from peace. In fact, to tell us to be cohesive is to tell us to be peaceful, tolerate each other and integrate as Kenyans. It ... view
• 22 May 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, because of integration, peace building and enhancing national values, we have new definitions of terms such as “coded language” and “peace building”. In this new Bill that seeks to replace the old one, we have recommended that we reduce the number of commissioners from the current nine to just five. That means that we will only have the chairperson and four commissioners, so that it is manageable, considering that we expect good governance as we move forward. In line with principles of good governance, we have recommended that the number of commissioners is reduced so that we ... view
• 22 May 2019 in Senate: This Bill will also give effect to a lot of things. The object is actually to give effect to Articles 10 and 27 of the Constitution. It will also provide a framework for promotion of national cohesion, unity and peace building like I said. It will also provide a mechanism for coordination and implementation of interventions aimed at promoting national cohesion and peace building. Like I said, when we have things coordinated under one body, it is easier than having departments under different authorities, thus no proper coordination. It is not easy when you have two bodies dealing with the ... view
• 22 May 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, when I served in the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA), I was the Chair of an ad hoc committee. We went around the East African Partner States to enlighten citizens on what caused the genocide in Rwanda and how Rwanda is dealing with issues of cohesion and integration and how it aims to bring sanity and peace in the country. It came out clearly that some of the things that lead to cohesion can apply to any country. There is discrimination when it comes to sharing of resources which used to be there before devolution. We also ... view
• 22 May 2019 in Senate: We visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial and we were taken through stages of how a genocide can occur. We were taught how to prevent anything like that happening in any of the partner States. view
• 22 May 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I am happy that this Bill will ensure peace building where we will have early warnings when people think that conflict is likely to arise. It also proposes mechanisms for detecting any problems. Conflict will be prevented when we have this Bill in place. 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