Lisamula Silverse Anami

All parliamentary appearances

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• 7 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you will be surprised at our efforts to establish police posts and police stations. They are becoming counter-productive. Communities do not know whether to accept them or to refuse them. I have had an instance where members of the community say: “Now, Mheshimiwa, you are putting up a police post here. It means a lot of torture to our youth and the mothers of this community.” Indeed, that happens. We had an instance where in a Pentecostal Church, we have a person called Mama Assembly, the woman exemplary leader who represents the interests of women. Such ... view
• 2 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I am truly constrained to support this Bill. I cannot find myself supporting this purely for one reason. The Constitution provides for equitable distribution of resources and the Division of Revenue Bill should be the indicator to this. Because we do not have much time, I would like us to underline the need for us to interrogate the feedback mechanism that will tell us how prudent absorption of these resources can be achieved. We cannot continue disbursing funds without getting any feedback of how these funds are absorbed and how prudent that is. This ... view
• 2 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: As we interrogate this Division of Revenue Bill, we need to consider the equalisation component, the debt component and, above all, the poverty index. There is nothing in this Bill that shows the Government commitment to the reduction of poverty. This will be seen very clearly if we can heighten the allocation of funds for the old, the vulnerable groups, the youth and women. That can be seen very clearly in the feedback mechanism. We see there is a lot of corruption and theft. When such money is stolen, then the vulnerable people become even more vulnerable. I am concerned ... view
• 2 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: There is not so much public participation in this process. Why should we accept it? The Committee should go back and engage the Kenyan public and communities. view
• 1 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I stand to support this Motion, especially on the issue of timeliness. It has been an issue on whether this is timely or not. I would like to suggest that we support this Motion especially for its timing and for its intention to have the Committee to interrogate every aspect of the voter registration process. Indeed, there are aspects of voter registration that we can deal with even now. Mhe. Njomo has elaborated how. The issue of inclusiveness is well spelt out in our Constitution. We must all be anxious to include everyone in ... view
• 25 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I would also like to thank my colleague Florence Mutua for bringing up this matter. It is a very important subject that we should discuss and revisit every now and then as legislators so that we can sustain the social fabric of our society. Some of these offences are very dehumanising. We should agree that they are not offences that we can tolerate in a society that is fast-growing and one that is as enlightened as the Kenyan society. In fact, sometimes you wonder because the situation earlier before we got ... view
• 25 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: In legislating in this area, we need to consider an approach of case by case. We need to revisit our indigenous institutions and establish some of the deterrent measures that have always worked for us. view
• 25 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: The criminal aspect in these practices cannot be ignored or be taken for granted. This being essentially an emotional and sometimes psychological thing, we need to find institutions that can do mitigation. I support the approach of education and sensitisation of the youth. We have abandoned our youth to an education system that is very limiting in itself. It is limited to 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
• 25 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: just academics. It is important for us to strengthen guidance and counselling components in our school curriculum so that our young people are educated to grow up as men and women of respect and honour. Sometimes they get ambushed. They have feelings that they will never understand. That is why they attack each other. view
• 25 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: On modernity and physical infrastructure, we have the case of the ferry and the piki piki. view