Hon Naisula Lesuuda

All parliamentary appearances

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• 14 Oct 2015 in Senate: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker. I would not have loved to interrupt Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale but is he in order to mislead this House and the country that having the Nominated MCAs, Senators or MPs; that we were not fulfilling a mandate in the Constitution on issues that are therein? We all passed it and it indicates that we should not have more than two-thirds of either gender. We are not even yet there. So, saying that we scrap it without giving an option on how we will meet that mandate; is he in order? view
• 14 Oct 2015 in Senate: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker. I am fully aware that those are the opinions of Sen. (Dr) Khalwale but, I would like to raise one issue on whether he is in order to mislead this House in all the other representation areas he has talked about reducing and that representation will still be there but he is merging the counties to form viable economic units. Those areas will still be represented. The positions that are there through nomination, he said very clearly that they need to be scrapped. How are those areas going to be represented? view
• 14 Oct 2015 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very important Motion that is before us and also to commend the Chairman and the Vice-Chair of this Committee which I was a member. I also had the privilege of sharing experience with distinguished Senators who thoroughly looked at the issues that pertain to this House and this institution. I remember very well that one of the things that we clearly spelt out before even we started our work was to say that we are not looking at how to make the Senate the Upper House ... view
• 1 Oct 2015 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Committee has today received the response to the Statement that Sen. Khaniri sought, with regard to the operations and terms and conditions of service for county security and enforcement officials and what the national Government and county governments are doing to ensure that there is uniform training platform for them. After receiving the response from the Cabinet Secretary for the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government, we felt, as a Committee, that he only responded to the first question. He said that so far there are no standards which are operational. We felt ... view
• 1 Oct 2015 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I just wanted to add that Sen. Ong’era, being a Member of the Committee, I hope that she will also input to the riders and other issues, so that we can have a comprehensive Statement. So that we are sure that the Statement will be ready, I request for two weeks. view
• 1 Oct 2015 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to add my voice in welcoming the students of Chepkitony Primary School. They happen to come from a county where I went for my secondary school education. I want to welcome them and advise them to take this as a learning experience. They should know that this is their institution which is working to serve their interests. We look forward to them working hard so that they can also one day sit in this Chamber. view
• 1 Oct 2015 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to also add my voice on this very important Motion that has been brought before this House by Sen. Melly. He comes from an area which has continued to produce people who have made this country very proud. I also congratulate him for being the Chairman of the Senate Sports Team. It is never too late to pass our congratulations, but it is also a time for us to reflect on what needs to be done better. We need to add address some of the issues that have been ... view
• 30 Sep 2015 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to issue a Statement on the countrywide status of resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs.) I will go directly to the issues that were raised by Sen. Khaniri. The first question was on the issue of a comprehensive and up to date data of IDPs in the country generally and in Vihiga County--- view
• 30 Sep 2015 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Let me start with the up to date data of Internally Displaced persons (IDPs) in the country generally, and in Vihiga County in particular. There is an annex which I will table. IDPs in Vihiga were categorized as integrated IDPs and were 814 in total who were registered. Out of the 814 IDPs, 447 were paid start-up capital of Kshs10,000. The rest are yet to be paid the amount. On the second question, the details are there on efforts made by the Government towards operationalisation of protection, prevention and assistance of IDPs. If I ... view
• 30 Sep 2015 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Ministry states as follows: Before responding to specific issues that were raised, I wish to state that an estimated 245,416 IDPs households made up of 663,921 individuals were profiled by the set deadline of 31st December, 2008. Given that various IDPs were faced with different situations and needs, the profiled IDPs were grouped into the following four main categories:- 1. The 70,000 IDP households who voluntarily returned to their farms through Operation Rudi Nyumbani . 2. The 5,227 IDP households resettled in Government procured land. 3. The 2,593 Turkana IDPs who were settled on land ... view