Naomi Jilo Waqo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 Oct 2018 in Senate: From the Members’ contribution, you could clearly see that this is a problem which affects every part of our nation. When Sen. Faki seconded the amendment Bill, he narrated the problem and challenges that they have gone through in his County. He also talked about the dilemma that the young people go through everyday, especially the disappearance of young people and the pain that parents go through. As the debate went on, the Members brought out passionately the issues that have been affecting us, as a nation, and the need for this amendment. view
• 16 Oct 2018 in Senate: When I dreamt of this Bill, I considered the many parents who live with the pain of identifying themselves with their sons and daughters, who have already been radicalized, disappeared and those who do not know where their children are. I come from Marsabit County in the northern part of Kenya, where some of our young people have disappeared without any trace. The pain that the parents go through is so much such that you wonder how you can help them. In cases where some of them come back – although that does not normally happen - the parents cannot ... view
• 16 Oct 2018 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, as Kenyans, we know that we have created a huge gap between ourselves as parents and our children. We have left the responsibility of discipline and other things to teachers. The teachers have also left it to us because we have put measures in place that they should not discipline our children. In between, our boys and girls suffer. They influence each other and by the time they get to the age of 14 or 15, they are already radicalized and we are unable to bring them back to the society. view
• 16 Oct 2018 in Senate: Poverty as one of the causes has been highlighted by all the hon. Senators. Sen. Pareno spoke on that and many other Senators touched on it too. Poverty and the hope of receiving a lot of money on the other side gives the young people who are idle a bit of hope and, therefore, they do not consider the risk that is involved. As I said, the Bill touches on the responsibility of parents and how they need to be closer to their children. All the Senators who have spoken have also touched on that. We will see how the ... view
• 16 Oct 2018 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, the issue of us reporting matters to the Inspector General of Police came out clearly. As Sen. Pareno said, there is need for us to see how we can get closer to the community. We need to involve chiefs, police officers and even village elders. I have taken note of that. We will consider it with the relevant team and see how we can bring it on board. view
• 16 Oct 2018 in Senate: Training of teachers is very important and many Senators have touched on it. Sen. Dullo passionately spoke about empowering the teachers. She also talked about capacity building of the students who have been radicalised. She also talked about rehabilitation of the students and how we can even build, grow economically and create jobs for them. I know that is sensitive and it is not that easy. However, where there is a will, there is a way. I am sure we will be able to do something. view
• 16 Oct 2018 in Senate: Another very important aspect that came out is budgetary allocation. Sen. Dullo passionately said we need to have a budget to support the entire thing and see how the young people can be empowered economically. That is a good thing which we had not thought of before. However, with the time and this wisdom that we have received from this honourable House, we will be able to bring it out. view
• 16 Oct 2018 in Senate: There is also something that came out on security agencies. This is the mistreatment that the young people on remand go through and the many years they spend there. It is also very important to empower our security agencies and train them on how to deal with the individuals in a friendly manner. We know very well that when anybody goes to any cell or gets into the hands of the police, people prepare themselves for much mistreatment. However, when we empower them and give them relevant training on how to deal with people and apply friendly measures, I am ... view
• 16 Oct 2018 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, there is also need for research to be done. We, as a nation, have neglected some of our responsibilities. We know how much radicalisation has affected this country. Maybe one thing which we have not done is research to show us where we are, how it started and how we can get out of this. We will take these recommendations on board to enrich this Bill. view
• 16 Oct 2018 in Senate: There is also another suggestion on mechanisms to be put in place to detect radicalisation. That is very important at this time. When Sen. Wako spoke, he said that radicalization is not as it was before. It is now modernized and current. I believe it is more complex than when it began. For that reason, we need to pull up our socks and seriously think of how best to handle this and see how this nation can be helped. Failure to which, as a nation, we will lose our young people and suffer because of the challenge of that process. ... view