Mercy Wanjiku Gakuya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: what is happening in our environment and Kasarani is not even 15 Kilometers away from here. The Report of the Committee should be implemented and not just end up in the shelves. view
• 2 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Refugees Bill, 2019. Nobody chooses to be a refugee. It happens because of issues to do with neighbouring countries. It is good that we put things in order because many times, the locals view refugees as a security threat. I will give an example of Kasarani Constituency. We have almost 10,000 Congolese refugees. You will find most of the complaints at the administration office or the Office of the Deputy County Commissioner (DCC) are about refugees. Within the estate, you will find that the locals are not able to ... view
• 2 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: and order is maintained or that there will be harmony between the refugees and the locals, it will be in order. Usually, we say that today it is this country and tomorrow it will be another country. We cannot compare ourselves with a country like Germany which is hosting millions of Syrian refugees. Whether a country hosts a few or many refugees, it is good to have law and order in place. It is high time we ensured that our locals do not feel like the refugees have come to take their resources. It has been cited in the House ... view
• 18 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, on behalf of the Chair of the Committee on Health, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the House: Report of the Health Committee on its Consideration of – (i) The Health (Amendment) Bill, 2019; and, (ii) The Cancer Prevention (Amendment) Bill, 2019. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 3 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support the Motion on the Report of Audited Financial Statements for the Uwezo Fund and the Women Enterprise Fund. I would like to start by saying that the Uwezo Fund was a The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 3 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: brilliant idea. Since it was launched in 2013 as per the name, we thought that it would really do great things. But the beneficiaries who benefited since 2013 up to 2017 did not have the initial knowledge to manage the funds. It was sought of a gain from the campaign with the Government which took power. In Kasarani, we have never started giving out Uwezo Fund because 90 per cent of those who were supposed to repay, have not started the repayments. We still have the challenge because in the urban setup, it is a bit different. Once you take ... view
• 3 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I would not advocate for merging of the Uwezo Fund, the youth fund and the Women Enterprise Fund because if we merge the two or three… The Uwezo Fund is a unique fund that is meant to assist the women. A young or old woman can benefit from two or three funds. A young woman would benefit from Uwezo Fund, Women Enterprise Fund as well as the Youth Enterprise Development Fund. So, I do not advocate that we merge the three Funds. I recommend that we put enough structures in place and ensure that proper training is ... view
• 3 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as I wind up so that all our youth benefit, let us not merge Uwezo Fund with Women Enterprise Fund and the Youth Enterprise Development Fund. Let us ensure that all the three Funds independently benefit our youth and women so that we can reach everybody the way the NG-CDF gets to everybody because it has been issued to each and every constituency. If we get serious with how business in Uwezo Fund is conducted, we will ensure that all our youths - even if not all - will get something to support themselves in terms ... view
• 26 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to thank the Departmental Committee on Health for the good work on the Report on the Status of National Referral Hospitals. view
• 26 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: I am a Member of the Committee, and it is true we did much starting with visiting KNH, MTRH, NSIRH and MNTRH. The findings were quite shocking. The hospitals are underfunded. It is unfortunate that during the budget, a lot of money was removed from the facilities. Let me start with Mathari National Teaching and Referral Hospital where you find sick prisoners. The facility’s state is pathetic. The roofs of the hospital are leaking and the sick prisoners are tortured both mentally and socially. They have no hope of life. So, it is good if we support the Report so ... view