Judith Ramaita Pareno

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Sep 2018 in Senate: For those who had a chance to read the last report which came early this year, you saw that the parties to the Forum could not even agree on choosing the secretary-general. I have just looked at the Report. It goes ahead to say that this was discussed and the Secretary-General in place reported that there was a debate and they reached a consensus as to how to pick the Secretary-General who they could not agree on last time during the Forum. It means that there was an impasse about the secretary-general. It has been reported that the Executive Committee ... view
• 11 Sep 2018 in Senate: Apart from that, when you look at the last report, it is just not bold enough. We are not bold enough to say that there was a mess in this country. Kenya did not do well in the 2017 General Elections like. The same also happened in another country like Sen. Omogeni said. Look at what is happening in Uganda, but we are not bold enough to talk about in the Forum! At the end of the day, we just brush everything. We keep doing conference after conference and therefore we will not realise what we want. view
• 11 Sep 2018 in Senate: I was also a bit hurt when the last report indicated – I spoke about it – that Kenya was eligible to forward a candidate for secretary-general, a position they could not even agree on but what did Kenya do? Kenya had papers that were not signed and they were submitted late. Eventually, we did not even play our part to claim our stake in the Forum by asking that we be given a fair chance to have a secretary-general. That is simply how we lost. Maybe the position could have been ours. Even if it was to be for ... view
• 11 Sep 2018 in Senate: good governance by choosing a secretary-general until there is an impasse? They should have reviewed the rules and come up with a new statute to govern them. It is a bit disappointing when we do not have, in the resolutions, a resolution that says they sorted this one out because it means postponing a problem. If you postpone the review of the rules which should guide you on how to work, then you have postponed a problem. I fear that the Forum postponed a problem that they should have dealt with. view
• 11 Sep 2018 in Senate: It is symbolic that the Forum was born in Kigali. Rwanda is a country that I personally admire. I must say that on Friday, I came back from observing Rwanda elections. If you have a chance to go to that country to observe elections like I did last week, you will wonder what is wrong with us. We used to wake up in the morning and go to the polling stations that were opened at 7.00 a.m. because we used to be there at 6.30 a.m. At the entrance, the first thing you see is a decorated polling station with ... view
• 11 Sep 2018 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we have a lot to learn. What this Report is bringing out is not what we expect. We need to learn a lot. May be in future, we will discuss that Report of elections observation so that we learn from each other. Definitely, we cannot copy from each other when we are not doing things right. view
• 11 Sep 2018 in Senate: This Conference is supposed to discuss regional integration. As we speak, the East African Community (EAC) is coming to a halt as no money is being remitted by partner States. In fact, one of the problems that the Secretary General (SG) reported in this Conference is that they do not have enough money. They have challenges in terms of financial capabilities because partner States are not contributing. I mean, partner States and parties to the Conference are not contributing to EAC because of conflicts. Are we going anywhere near the objectives of this Conference? If we cannot even finance this ... view
• 11 Sep 2018 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this would have been a better Report if they had reported that we did our bit to get the SG in the right manner and not by impasse and then consensus. If we did our bit to say that we are contributing to the cause as parties to this Conference and not frustrating all these processes. view
• 11 Sep 2018 in Senate: I submit. view
• 2 Aug 2018 in Senate: Order, Senator! You may resume you seat for a few minutes. view