Masitsa Naomi Shiyonga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Oct 2019 in Senate: We should have a way of knowing the right vendors because some people masquerade as street vendors. If a person has identification, uniform or a tag, it will be easy to be identified. People will know that they are dealing with the right vendors while buying their goods or getting other services. view
• 3 Oct 2019 in Senate: Another thing is about relocation which my colleagues have already talked about. It is important for vendors to be taken to an alternative place if a place they use is taken up for other purposes. If you dismantle a cheap stall used by some people and you relocate them, where else do you expect them to earn a living? In the event of relocation, they should be identified and given an alternative place to continue doing their businesses. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from ... view
• 3 Oct 2019 in Senate: Again, compensation can enable them to continue operating their businesses. Most of them depend on small businesses and earn below a dollar. So, it is good for them to be handled well when they are being relocated to other places to sell their goods and render services. The rights of the vendors should also be respected. They should not be violated as we have seen in the recent past vendors being mishandled and their properties getting lost. That is not a good thing. It is violation of their rights because they are not handled properly. view
• 3 Oct 2019 in Senate: I also support the idea of how food should be handled. We have basic requirements such as provision of toilets, clean water, security and shelter. This is found in Clause 11(2) which states as follows: view
• 3 Oct 2019 in Senate: “The county government shall essential facilities prior to the designation of periodic market under subsection (1), including but not limited to security, solid waste disposal, water, lighting and parking facilities where necessary.” view
• 3 Oct 2019 in Senate: I support this fully because those people are human beings. They handle food and other commodities that are consumed by the public. So, it is important for them to be provided with essential facilities so that they, for example, handle solid waste disposal in the correct way. They should have clean water because they handle food. They should be provided with lighting because some of them operate beyond working hours. They should also have parking spaces where they can load and offload their goods. So, this Bill has come at the right time. It is a good Bill and I ... view
• 3 Oct 2019 in Senate: I was talking about licensing. Most vendors are the youth and women who are also small-scale traders. We should propose payments that they can afford so that they do not feel exploited when doing their businesses. My colleagues have said many things about this Bill and I agree with them. The Sponsor of this Bill has done a good job and I know they will include all the amendments. Members of our Committee will still have a chance to look at it. This is because it domiciled in the Committee on Tourism, Trade and Industrialization where I am a Member. view
• 2 Oct 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I am standing on a point of information. We are concentrating on issues which, as much as they are meaningful, but really the issue of hustler is not what we need to discuss right now. I know people are The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 2 Oct 2019 in Senate: focused on hustler or hustling but when we look at the street vendors that we are talking about, they are the best hustlers that we need to describe. It is not what people are thinking about, it is not what we are discussing from our dictionaries. Let us leave that alone and concentrate on our street vendors who are the hustlers that we are talking about and protecting right now. Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. view
• 2 Oct 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute on the Adjournment Motion that Sen. Faki has just laid on the Floor of the House. First of all, I send my condolences to the family of Mariam Kagenda and the little Amanda, who perished on Sunday through this tragedy. No one in life can admire losing life through such an incident. As much as everyone will have to die his or her own death, this one is more traumatic a death. Up to now, it leaves no hope that we shall get the little Amanda and ... view