Rachel Wambui Shebesh

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I do not see the Minister. We know about collective responsibility, but we would want, because of the seriousness of this debate, to see the Minister. It is really fair? The Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs has been sitting here throughout the debate on his Bill. What is so special about the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance that he cannot sit through the debate on the Budget Policy Statement? view
• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Ministry is actually charged with the release of various funds that impact directly on the lives of people. That is why it deals with social development. What we want to hear from the Minister is the following: We do recognize that the cash transfer programmes are helping the people at the grassroots. What can Members of Parliament do to help your Ministry not to continue hoping for money, but to ensure that, that money is allocated to your Ministry to stop the pilot programme and to make it a fully integrated programme, so that the ... view
• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is one of the Ministries that enjoys executive authority. I believe that executive authority is so that they can be able to deal with issues that councils are unable to deal with. If there is a gross injustice that is being perpetuated against council workers, I would expect this Ministry to exercise its executive authority. Could the Assistant Minister inform the House why the Ministry, having that kind of power, cannot take it into their hands to reinstate those workers until the council is able to execute whatever appeal they are executing? You have the ... view
• 21 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I am sure the Assistant Minister is aware of the unique problem facing Nairobi due to lack of land. Most of it is owned by the City Council. The Council has declined to surrender the land to build those markets. What is the Ministry doing because the issue of allocation of land is very critical for those markets to be established in Nairobi? view
• 19 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to support this Motion. Let us just be clear that there are issues that have been raised by Members of Parliament, who are not petty, and they will continue to raise these issues, that the Government must respond to. There is no way the Minister is going to run away from the issue of National Oil Corporation of Kenya (NOCK). There is no way he is going to tell us that what is happening in the Arab world is the reason why we have high fuel ... view
• 19 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I believe there is no point of order there for me to respond to. The reason why you are seeing some frustration on the side of the Government is because of this “I do not know” policy, that they have to address. If you are not aware that NOCK is in Kenya and today our Motion is about Kenya, I have no idea how I can address that. view
• 19 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, another issue that the Ministry and the Government will have to talk to us about is in terms of the tax reduction that was done yesterday. We have seen many Cabinet crisis meetings being called whenever there are crisis that always have to do with the Coalition Government and how to share power. If it is about the Chief Justice or the International Criminal Court (ICC), Cabinet crisis meetings will be called. Why has the Cabinet not called a crisis meeting to discuss this issue of national importance? It is obvious that we have lost ... view
• 14 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me first thank the Assistant Minister for the quick response. Even yesterday, he was ready to give us that Statement. Therefore, I would like the Assistant Minister, given his admission that this is unconstitutional, to tell us for how long this bullying by FIFA in the running of football in our country will continue and whether or not FIFA rules can be above those that are in our Constitution. view
• 14 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Report on the alleged corruption by the Ministry of Water and Irrigation. view
• 14 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will be very brief because I would like other people to be able to contribute. I just want to say that this issue has taken its toll through the media and this House. It has caused unnecessary tensions. As the Committee has rightly said, the whistleblower, hon. Kiunjuri allowed certain issues to come out before this investigation. But critically, what also has come out is that clearly, the allegations against the Minister and the turmoil that she has had to undergo through media scrutiny, were unnecessary and unfounded. view