Musalia Mudavadi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Oct 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. First, the hard copy has been signed and released. Maybe it has just delayed to get to you. On the first aspect of his Question about indicating the staffing levels, by cadre, at the Kenyan Embassy in Washington, D.C., the two consulates in Los Angeles (LA) and New York and then outlining the role of the staff; in the hard copy response that I have given, I have tabled the details of the home-based staff indicating the authorised, the in post and the variants. I have also done the same for the other agencies, that ... view
• 9 Oct 2024 in Senate: we indicate that the authorised establishment is 17 and the in post is 14. So, there is a variance of three. I have also indicated that there is an Immigration Officer attached in the Permanent United Nation (UN) Mission to handle the consulate services. Mr. Speaker, Sir, again on the same principle, I have also attached the details of the LA; the authorised, the in post and whether there is any variance. Clearly, on the L.A., both the authorised and in post tally, that is a total of seven as it stands now. I have also tabulated the responsibilities of ... view
• 9 Oct 2024 in Senate: number caused a general delay in ID card processing for both local and international applications. However, since the rescinding of that court order on 12th August 2024, processing and issuance of ID cards has now resumed normally. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate. view
• 9 Oct 2024 in Senate: There is also an interesting scenario where some of the applicants have not collected their finalised national ID cards and passports at our missions. As of now, for instance, immigration in New York has in its storage eight ID cards, which the return mailing address given by the applicants were wrong and had been mailed back to the Mission. Emails or calls to the applicants could not go through, therefore, we still hold those IDs. I also would like point out that through the rapid results initiative by the State Department for Diaspora Affairs, where, in collaboration with the State ... view
• 9 Oct 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. There are quite a number of valid issues and concerns that the Senator has raised. The first thing that I need to point out is that there is no discrimination against women in the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs. As we speak today, the High Commissioner in the United Kingdom (UK) is a lady. The Ambassador for Kenya to Washington D.C. reported two weeks ago. He is in the station. There is a cycle; ambassadors and officers in missions have a tour of duty of about four years. In the process, the issue of ... view
• 9 Oct 2024 in Senate: at the same time. This would have been a situation where you are visiting when the outgoing ambassador was also just preparing to come back or had just left that is Amb. Amayo. Sometimes, you are caught up in these cycles between transition. Maybe, that is the reason you did not meet the ambassador, but there is one as we speak. I have indicated that the consular services, through the diaspora affairs, yielded about 2,500 identification cards (IDs) in different towns. Therefore, we will continue with the efforts to make sure that we reach out. Automation and technology are things ... view
• 9 Oct 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Several critical issues have been raised. I will not respond to them in a specific order, but as I was taking the notes. The first issue raised is on ethnic balance. It is our deliberate intention for our missions to always reflect the face of Kenya. Therefore, we will work to achieve this in all our Missions. I may not have everything in terms of the community that one comes from, but I took notes of what Sen. Mungatana said, a very pertinent point. It is important that all parts of Kenya are represented in ... view
• 9 Oct 2024 in Senate: conversation. I will be appealing to Members to give it very good thought when the Sessional Paper is availed for this conversation. I want to quickly point out on the question of how many consulates we can open. We would have liked to have more, but we are constrained financially, the reason we are still operating with the Los Angeles (LA) as the consulate in the United States. If resources permit in future, we can indeed increase the number of consulates. On the issue of voting, this is a conversation that we should jointly have with the Independent, Electoral and ... view
• 9 Oct 2024 in Senate: negotiations are quite advanced. We hope that some of these issues can be tackled within the framework of that conversation. On compensation of the victims of the 1998 US Embassy bomb blast, we are pursuing that matter following the resolution of the House on that so that we can engage formally with the Parliament or the Congress in the USA. This is now underway following the resolution that was passed by our Members of the Legislature. At an appropriate time, we will be able to report progress systematically because it is a process that has to engage with their counterparts ... view
• 9 Oct 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. As we talk, there are emerging issues as well in this conversation. However, I believe what Sen. Cheruiyot had in mind was to develop a Huduma Centre approach to provide services for Kenyans in the diaspora in different capitals. There is merit in this. Indeed, as we work with other departments, we are trying to enhance that, especially around our consular services, so that there is a one-stop centre for the services that Kenyans require. I wish to respond to some of the other issues in the following manner- The question of legal services is ... view