Priscilla Nyokabi Kanyua

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 971 to 980 of 1042.

• 17 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I also rise to support the Bill. I serve in the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. We had a lot of conversation around the aspects of the Bill. But as I rise to support this Bill, I also rise as somebody who is trying to practise law in this country. 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
• 17 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, in our courts we have been using the Married Women Property Act of England of 1882; on matters of divorce. Judge after judge and court after court have complaints. With a Parliament that has been here since Independence, it is time to give the Kenyan people a law like this so that they do not have to refer to the Married Women Property Act of England. The sad part is that in England they do not even use that law. So, we have been using a law which the original owners have since stopped using. It ... view
• 17 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: At the point that a marriage does turn sour, there is a law that parties can resort to share the matrimonial properties that they have acquired within the existence of that marriage. This is good law and this is a law that will help our country. Again, these are the sort of laws that we want to pass early on in the term of an assembly. These particular laws, together with the Marriage Bill that will be coming after this, are going to define the 11th Parliament as the Parliament that has been able to bring into this country laws ... view
• 17 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, a law that helps our marriages to keep together and for parties to never resort to violence, but use legal means to share what they have acquired within the matrimonial period, is what we want. view
• 17 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: I support this Bill because the matrimonial home is to be left to the wife and children. In our context and in our African culture, the matrimonial home is a very sanctified home. It is the home where the family sets up. Even as we look at marriages and as we look at going forward; I think it is good that the law does recognize the very value of a matrimonial home. Also the very value of keeping children in a life that they have been used to; of keeping them in schools that they been going to and a ... view
• 17 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the domestic labour has not been recognized in our laws. It is not until the Matrimonial Property Act that this House is going to pass in the Bill that we are discussing that we do get recognition that domestic labour is just as important as any other work that we do in the daily life of Kenyans. It is important to be a banker, lawyer, but domestic labour is also important. In terms of matrimonial property and contribution, domestic labour does rank and matter and, therefore, our women can continue to serve the men as they ... view
• 17 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we are guided by the courts and the court was actually a little mean in the case of Echaria where Mr. Echaria, who was an ambassador and his wife left the country. Mrs. Echaria left her work here in Kenya – she was a lawyer – and went off to serve with the ambassador for many years. She was a very good ambassadorial wife; she did her wifely duties, but when it came to sharing property, the Court of Appeal decided that her contribution was only 25 per cent. Although she had given up her own ... view
• 17 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, in the Kivuitu decision, the court was good and it had given fifty-fifty share; that the wife who stays at home and makes sure that the Member of Parliament is well served is just an important role in this country as being a Member. So, from the Kivuitu decision we had come to Echaria decision with 25 per cent and the court was saying, in the most benevolent way, they could only assess the contribution of that wife as 25 per cent. view
• 17 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Until today, this Parliament, by allowing enactment of the Matrimonial Property Bill, can allow the women of this country to rest and participate in their marriage with full knowledge that both parties are equal; that the man is equal and the wife is indeed, equal. So, I am very happy to support this Bill. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, lastly, I will also be looking towards an amendment to the matters of Islamic marriages. It is, indeed, true that Islamic Law protects women and that is recognized under Section 3 of the Bill. A person who professes the Islamic faith shall ... view
• 17 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: I beg to support. Thank you. view