Lisamula Silverse Anami

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I am very pleased to comment on this Petition. I thank all the Members who have supported it. The Kakamega Airstrip is in Shinyalu Constituency. The neighbourhood of Kakamega Airstrip gave out their land for the expansion of that airstrip in 2010. Some of them have not settled. There are others who cannot carry out any development because they foresee the expansion that was announced to them. They cannot carry out any infrastructural development that is sustainable. The rehabilitation of that airstrip will enable those people to decide whether they are affected or not. You can ... view
• 9 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. At the outset, I would like to support the mediated version of the Water Bill. Through the mediation, we have been able to safeguard major reforms undertaken in the water sector during the 2003 reforms. The mediated version also enhances public participation which is an important safeguard. Partnership and the process of managing water resources is very critical especially through the devolved system because in the devolved arrangement of Government, we have water resources shared between counties. The mediated version of the Water Bill safeguards this, which is a good reason for us to support it. ... view
• 3 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I rise to support the adoption of this Report. It is encouraging to know that the Mediation Committee was able to reduce the level of disagreement between the Senate and the National Assembly. I would like to underline the fact that the contentious issue, which amongst many was public participation, has been handled amicably. Hon. Deputy Speaker, we need to get used to engaging the public and involving them in all the decisions that we make. People have histories and fears when laws, especially pertaining to land, come about. I thank the Departmental Committee on Lands for ... view
• 3 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: table, so that everyone can accept them. Many people have lost land. People in my constituency lost land over small conflicts between communities. We need to address these issues. The reason this instrument became a constitutional concern is because of the people who were waiting for this Constitution. Now that we have this breakthrough, we should quickly have a roadmap to take us there because this is where Kenyans are waiting to go. We should be thinking about how much land one can own, especially when you are not using it. How much can an individual or an institution own? ... view
• 3 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. In fact, I was avoiding that. But you will recall that I really waited for this opportunity throughout the debate. I never had opportunity to talk about the people of Shinyalu Constituency. Nevertheless, I have covered my part only that it was to commend the Mediation Committee for what they have come up with. Justifiably, I put on record the wish of the people of Shinyalu that this be expeditiously dealt with. We have extended the deadline. We would like this law to be signed so that we can access land and have the opportunity ... view
• 27 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. From the outset, I support this Bill because it gives opportunity for a systematic approach to the implementation of Chapter Six on integrity and eventually provision of rights to Kenyans, especially by allowing public participation. This is very important. In the time we have been implementing activities of the county governments, we have witnessed a lot of shortcuts, under-deals and corruption. It is important that we have a framework that will deal specifically with the issue of appointments of Kenyans to specific roles in management of county governments. It is also important for us to ... view
• 27 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: important. We need to be very specific from the outset on the provision on people living with disabilities. Where is the specific provision that provides the space for the female gender and the principle of equitable distribution of resources? view
• 27 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Devolution was to deal with the issue of marginalisation. We realise that there is even other marginalisation at the county level. We have some communities that have not gained access to services. Others have been denied because they are potentially a challenge to the re- election of the governor or some county executive committee member in the county government. We need a framework like this one to check inequalities and to provide a level playing ground for Kenyans. There are people who make applications and had their hopes in the county governments; they had their hopes in devolved governments. They ... view
• 27 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: I would like to support this Bill so that we can provide procedures, regulations and controls on appointments of those personalities. The people involved in the vetting especially at the county assemblies, we have witnessed compromises that have been entered through the governor providing external or international travels to MCAs. We need people of credibility to take up the role of vetting people who provide services at county governments. It is important for us to keep revisiting this issue of the threshold on who qualifies to be elected as a member of the county assembly. We need people with credibility. ... view
• 27 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: On the whole principle of public participation, we should have evidence that it has taken place on a fair and equal basis for everyone. We should not have public participation that is not public. Public participation should be open to all the people concerned. People should participate in an equal manner. The principle of equity should also be played here because when you place a public inquiry on an extreme end of a county, then people living on the other extreme end cannot access that forum where they can participate in this public endeavour. This law should, therefore, be very ... view