Mary Yiane Senata

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 May 2019 in Senate: “Every person has the right to life”. You should live to the fulfilment of your life. We have these young children who die at the age of five years simply because they have a disease which cannot be managed given the situation they are living in. view
• 30 May 2019 in Senate: In the Bill of rights Article 35(1) A says- view
• 30 May 2019 in Senate: Every citizen has the right of access to - (a) Information held by the State. Everyone has the right of access to information on a problem or an issue they do not understand. It is upon our medics and the Ministry of Health to have information on all these kinds of diseases that are affecting our people; how they are treated; how they are managed and how frequently they occur. We should have data showing the number of people suffering from sickle cell disease. We also need to encourage research in our medical colleges. Medics should research on what can ... view
• 30 May 2019 in Senate: We need to encourage our health facilities to come up with different departments that are dealing with support systems, screening, treatment, research, medication and so forth. There is need to think about the budget--- view
• 29 May 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I join you in welcoming the girls from Embu County to this House. I wish them a fruitful visit. As my fellow colleagues have said, the Senate transacts business in the form of Bills, Motions, Statements and policies that affect county governments which are our smallest units. I wish them all the best and hope that they take their studies seriously. They should also take leadership very seriously even in the smallest levels that they hold such as school captains or student leaders. The girls should take their responsibilities seriously by giving direction on issues that can ... view
• 28 May 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me a chance to add my voice on this important Bill. I want to congratulate my sister, Sen. Pareno, for coming up with this important law. This Bill is timely, because it has come at a time when we need to look at ways of building peace and cohesion in our country. It unites all the cohesion and peace initiatives that have been scattered in many directorates. We have had different programs, which have never been given a framework of this nature. This Bill also establishes the National Cohesion and Peace Building ... view
• 28 May 2019 in Senate: Therefore, the Commission can now help in terms of getting rid of discrimination on ethnic grounds and provide for the establishment of institutional frameworks for national cohesion and peace building. I want to support this Bill especially in terms of the functions given to the Commission. The Commission has been given very good mandates in formulating and implementing strategies, plans, and programmes for the promotion of national unity, both in the national and county governments. It has also been given the mandate to collaborate with other institutions and stakeholders to give effect to the policies relating to cohesion and integration. ... view
• 28 May 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I urge Sen. Pareno to make sure that a county government appointee or nominee should be represented in the membership of the Commission, because cohesion and peace building issues are not only applicable at the national government level, but also at the county government level. We should also align it to the county government programmes. Currently, there are counties that are facing tribal conflicts, like what we are seeing in Wajir, Marsabit and other counties. These conflicts have been brought about by lack of inclusion and inequalities in terms of employment. It is high time that we ... view
• 28 May 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I also support this Bill because it gives the NCIC some powers to bring on board witnesses, documentation from witnesses and to also to list those people who will have been seen to be breaking the law and causing conflict in the country. Therefore, all these issues are being addressed in this Bill. view
• 28 May 2019 in Senate: The NCIC has power to supervise and administer its assets. It has power to enter into association with other bodies or organisations within or outside Kenya. It can publish the names of persons or institutions whose words or conduct may undermine or have undermined or contributed towards undermining good ethnic relations. This Bill has given more powers to this commission to bite, unlike in the other Act, where the commission was toothless. There is criteria in this Bill for deciding whether any public office or officer has committed acts of discrimination on grounds of ethnicity. These are important functions. I ... view