Hon Martha Wangari

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Oct 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you. The next speaker will be the Member for Dagoretti North, Hon. Beatrice Elachi. view
• 13 Oct 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Member. Next is the Member for Seme, Hon. (Dr.) James Nyikal. view
• 13 Oct 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Member for your compliment. The next chance will go to the Member for Othaya, Hon. Michael Wambugu Wainaina. view
• 13 Oct 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Member. Next will be the Member for Kitui West, Hon. Edith Nyenze. view
• 10 May 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. You may confuse people by using that name. I thank you for giving me this opportunity. I also thank the Mover of this Bill. I start by quoting Mahatma Gandhi who said that the true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable. I am actually surprised that we do not already have this law in place in this country. We have spoken about it and even tried to implement some of the things that we are talking about today. In international fora and using statutory instruments, we have been ... view
• 10 May 2022 in National Assembly: I join my colleagues who have already spoken. This is quite an expansive Bill. I have scanned it and there are four issues I would like to touch on. It is quite unfortunate that we are talking of accessibility today. I sit with Hon. Tim Wanyonyi in a Committee and it is not once that we have cancelled a meeting in a hotel because it is not friendly to people with disabilities. Imagine a Member of Parliament, who can afford that kind of a hotel, cannot get accessibility! What about other people out there? If there is a living example ... view
• 10 May 2022 in National Assembly: On the issue of separation, the Bill has segregated it to women, men and children. Different categories of people living with disability have different challenges. Women issues are very close to me. I see sexual reproductive health has been included here. This is already in the supreme law 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
• 10 May 2022 in National Assembly: of the land under Articles 10 and 27. I have noted that in this Bill, it is very clear that every woman living with disability has the right to retain and control her fertility. Why do I say that? In some cases, family members not only hide persons with disabilities, but also make decisions, especially on reproduction and reproductive health, on their behalf. They do not give regard to the rights and views of persons living with disability who may want to get children. In fact, they make them take contraceptives or go through processes of sterility that they do ... view
• 10 May 2022 in National Assembly: On the issue of recognition, I believe it starts with a birth certificate, then an ID and lastly a passport. They control human rights and also civic and political rights. That is why, in this Bill, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) is mandated to ensure that during voting, people with disabilities are given access to polling stations. They have a right to possess a voter’s card, a passport - if they wish to have one - and other documents. They have a right to vote. They should be assisted if they need assistance in the polling stations. Recognition ... view
• 10 May 2022 in National Assembly: There is also an issue that has caught my attention in the Bill, which encourages employers to employ qualified persons living with disability. It is provided for in Clause 21. It is very interesting because it provides an incentive that if a firm or organisation employs a person with disability, they can claim some percentage of taxable income from the Government in form of a relief. That will encourage more people to take up persons with disabilities in their organisations. They too can work because they are qualified. It also protects these workers from unplanned dismissals just because of their ... view