Priscilla Nyokabi Kanyua

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: The other question around the death penalty is the moratorium. We also have questions on life sentence. A legal aids scheme can begin to allow us to test those legal questions in our Judiciary and in our legal system. The sexual and gender-based violence victims, rape, defilement and child sexual abuse need to receive legal aid for the victims and for the perpetrators. Our Sexual Offences Act, as we all know, is very punitive, so that if you go to our jails, you will find many people in jail on sexual offences. As the offences are tight, so should the ... view
• 10 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: for the legal aid to keep developing and growing in that direction. I urge colleagues in the House to pass this particular Law. view
• 10 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Point of information. view
• 10 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Thank, Hon. Speaker. Just to appreciate the concerns that the Member is raising. On the first one on funding, Clause 29 of the Bill addresses that. It is going to be money allocated by Parliament for the purposes of the service from year to year. On the other question of the Minister or Cabinet Secretary, it is going to be the Cabinet Secretary for the time being responsible for matters of justice. In this particular regime, it is the Attorney-General. So, the amendments that the Committee will bring will require that the Cabinet Secretary for the time being in charge ... view
• 16 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Departmental Committee Chair for donating a minute to me. view
• 16 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, as a Committee Member of both the Defence and Foreign Relations Committee and the Regional Integration Committee, I feel highly offended that I was not given an opportunity to contribute earlier. I would like to say that we were very impressed by the skills and capacity that was presented by Ms. Maina – the nominee for PS for East African Affairs – and the incoming Defence PS. We look forward to their contribution in leading these institutions. I congratulate His Excellency the President for making such good choices on the type and calibre of PSs. I wish them ... view
• 16 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: I support. view
• 3 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, this House adopts Sessional Paper No.8 of 2013 on National Values and Principles of Governance, laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 22ndApril, 2014. The bit on national values and principles of governance is drawn from the Constitution of Kenya 2010, Article 10, in particular. Before we go to Article10, it will be important to look at the policy in detail, especially the history of the country. The policy starts by noting that we have more than 40 ethnic groups in this country. They are actually more than ... view
• 3 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: offices in which they serve with respect and dignity because that is the national value of our country. Looking at the challenges that have led to our country not having a good value system, five issues were identified as causing the problems that we have today. It was identified that, as Kenyans, we do not share a strong national identity. A lot of us identify more with the communities we come from other than with the nation. In my case, I am first and foremost a Kikuyu before I am Kenyan. Other persons are Maasai before they are Kenyan. You ... view
• 3 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, hon. Members are reminding me about gender balance. In the new value system, gender equality is also one of our value system. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view