Junet Sheikh Nuh

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. There is a matter I want you to look at and maybe give a clarification on, now or later. Last year, around May, the Majority Whip, Hon. Washiali, the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning and I, travelled to New York to attend the UN High Level Political Forum. We were there for seven days. We discussed many things in preparation for the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). We laid the foundation for the UNGA. We are serious people. I can see in the coming month there ... view
• 20 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: conference coming up, namely, the Conference on the Status of Women (CSW). In the High Level Political Forum Conference we attended, and my colleagues are here to bear me witness, they said that the CSW is not only about women. It is about both genders. view
• 20 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Any delegation that is sent to attend the Conference must consist of both genders, namely, male and female. I came up with a write up that I am going to present to the House. We had a clerk who was taking notes ad we will present the report. I was also with Hon. Kiarie and he was taking notes on behalf of Members of Parliament. We will table the report before a decision is made on the delegation that is supposed to go to the UN. This time we want fifty-fifty gender parity. view
• 20 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: If ten women Members of Parliament are going, we must also have ten men Members of Parliament going. The male delegation can be led by the Leader of the Minority Party. view
• 20 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: I am saying this because we did not know that it is supposed to be that way until we attended the High Level Political Forum. We discussed the matter extensively. We asked if the CSW was about women only and we were informed that it is about women, but it is supposed to be attended by both gender. We have a lot to contribute to the advancement of the women agenda. Women cannot live without men in this world. That is known. So, we have a lot to add to the welfare, wellbeing and advancement of the women agenda in ... view
• 20 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, with your permission, we can table the report. I request you to give a chance to my clerk, Hon. Kiarie, who was taking notes for us, to share with the House exactly what we were told in the High Level Political Forum. The meeting took place in the UN Headquarters. We were not meeting in a hotel. We were meeting inside the UN Headquarters. view
• 20 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Yesterday, I saw a delegation of women Members of Parliament preparing to go to the UN, but leaving me behind. I have to raise the matter here. view
• 20 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, make a ruling that is favourable, so that I can go. view
• 20 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: We need KEMOPA. view
• 19 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view