Rachel Wambui Shebesh

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Fifth Ordinary Session of the Pan- view
• 16 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: African Parliament and the Annual Speakers’ Conference (2014), together with the Revised Protocol to the Constitutive Act Relating to the Pan-African Parliament (PAP), laid on the Table of the House on Thursday, 12th February, 2015. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) was established by the Protocol to the Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community. Article 2 of the Protocol to the Treaty is a declaration by the member states, establishing the PAP. It also provides for the composition, functions, powers and organisation of the PAP. The Parliament of Kenya has five Members who represent our country. Two Members ... view
• 16 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: more or less considered at this point an advisory body. However, the protocol which was approved by the African Union Summit; and which I am happy to note that the Leader of the Majority Party laid on the Table today, suggests that in future we will be electing Members of PAP through universal suffrage and that will be in accordance with the way we currently elect Members to represent us in the East African Legislative Assembly. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, much of the work that we do at PAP deals with the current issues that are bedeviling the continent. I ... view
• 16 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Our resolution relating to the Ebola virus epidemic was that a fact- finding mission, monitoring and evaluation mission on the epidemic be sent to the actual affected countries in light of the prevailing health and humanitarian situation. That fact-finding mission is normally undertaken by the relevant committee of PAP at that time. Lastly on the resolution on the ratification of the protocol that I have spoken about that today was tabled by the Leader of the Majority Party, it will be our joy for us to see our President opening the PAP. I believe we shall have ratified this protocol ... view
• 14 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to speak briefly on the Report given to us by the Committee on Powers and Privileges. I want to start by saying that I support the work of the Committee and, therefore, I support the Committee’s Report. I have believed in this House that when work is done by a Committee, we should always as much as possible listen to the Committee because they are the ones who have gone through the whole process of investigating, researching, et cetera and so I support it. However, what I want to speak about is how ... view
• 14 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: investigate things clearly for the public; for the good of this country. Why would we want, at a point when we are definitely people who are well blessed by God, take small handouts? view
• 14 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I want to apologise and withdraw, if that is the feeling of the House. What I am asking is: What is the perception out there? The perception of the country is that we cannot be trusted anymore with the oversight authority that we have been granted in this House. All of us who had gone for elections and have been elected have been given that kind of honour by the people who elected us. That is why I am saying that perception needs to change. It can only change if we re- examine ourselves, we sit back ... view
• 25 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Ibrahim, finish then I will consider that. view
• 5 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to report that the Committee of the whole House has considered the Senate Amendments to the Public Procurement and Disposal (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 31 of 2013) and approved the same without amendments. view
• 4 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. The issue of unconstitutionality is a very sensitive discussion. I would request that we understand the import of what hon. Mule wants to do vis-a-vis what hon. Kaluma wants to do. You need to guide the House because, as I speak, apart from the lawyers who can, maybe, quickly catch what is at stake here, we need to honestly understand. So, once you have listened to both sides, I would urge you to give your position on the import of the amendment. For example, what would the deletion mean to hon. Kaluma’s amendment? view