Mary Yiane Senata

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: take them backwards. This Bill has some gimmick words like “progressive”, which means we can take even 10 years to comply with the two-third gender rule. It means we can have five women in five years or in 10 years. The word “progressive” means there is nothing that is restricted. It means we can as well not achieve the one-third gender. Therefore, I urge this House to sit again and do something serious to show that we need proper representation of women in this House. view
• 25 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I urge our male colleagues to take women representation in the National Assembly and Senate very seriously. We need women representation. Women representation does not mean a budgetary implication. Every other time we talk of women representation here, people talk about budgetary implications. When counties employ over 1,000 staff and give them very big motor vehicles and huge allowances, this country does not complain about budgetary constraints. But when representation of women is talked about, it is always a struggle. view
• 25 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: I remember very well when we were fighting for the Affirmative Action Fund for the County Women Representatives in this House, there was such a big battle over issues of budgetary implications. Whenever we talk about women issues here, we talk about budgetary implications. It is high time this House realised that women representation in the National Assembly, Senate and in the counties is equally very important as male representation. view
• 25 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: I also urge women in this country that it is high time they woke up and competed for positions in the counties, National Assembly and the Senate so that, every other time, we do not beg and beg for laws that will favour us. I also urge our women, who are the majority voters in this country, that it is high time they elected women leaders and that it is high time they do themselves a favour by electing women to represent them in the National Assembly so that these kinds of laws that are being sneaked to the Floor ... view
• 24 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this chance to also support this Bill. It seeks to streamline the operations of the universities. I support this Bill, especially in Clause 13, where it clarifies the provisions relating to the students’ associations in our view
• 24 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: 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
• 24 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: universities. Recently, we had issues with the Students Organisation of Nairobi University (SONU) elections and other elections pertaining to students’ associations in our universities. We have students who cause chaos and riots in the elections. This is due to lack of clear guidelines on appointments and election terms in our universities. Therefore, students are elected and some of them overstay in those offices. So, this Bill seeks to streamline and clarify the provisions relating to students’ associations. There is this particular case of the University of Nairobi (UoN). We are told that Babu Owino is like a career politician in ... view
• 10 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to also support this important Bill. At the outset, I was once an employee of one of the organisations in my county and so, I have been mentored by the NGOs. Many organisations work round the clock to ensure that many of our communities get the services that they may not get through our inadequate Government allocations. They also complement Government resources. Therefore, there is need to support this Bill which gives a framework of how they should also work. Many of those public organizations or NGOs also support ... view
• 22 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me a chance to also contribute to this Motion. Cattle rustling is a culture we should contain and not glorify. It is a backward behaviour and practice that has cost very many communities in terms of property and life. 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
• 22 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I concur with my colleagues who have said that declaring it a national disaster is making the Government announce and affirm measures to contain it. I am also looking at a way of creating a fund which will encourage people to quit the practice. As communities, we need to think deeply about this practice. It really saddens me when I see our leaders make this practice tribal. Let us reason along this together. Let us look at measures we can put in place to prevent it and make sure that we stop it in Kenya. I ... view