Rachel Wambui Shebesh

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to finish by saying, and I wish this could be taken very seriously, that the secretariat that has been set up to look into the process, must look into the issue of evictions that must not in any way be an avenue for violence that is perpetuated against women and children in the way of rape which always happens whenever such situations arise. view
• 10 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am urging this House that time for politics and competition is over. We are at the crucial stage where we need to make decisions that will affect our people for the good of this country. Adopting this Report is the beginning of a good direction in terms of conserving our environment. view
• 20 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support this Motion and I want to start by saying that many of the Ministers that we have within our Ministries are not visible but on this Ministry I want to say that we see a lot of visibility. However, the visibility is not translating because of the attitude of the Government, as my colleagues have said, towards this Ministry. Most of the communities which depend on livestock are already marginalized communities. I think it is double disaster that regions view
• 19 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I want to start by supporting this Vote and say that I am happy today that the Prime Minister launched a strategic plan. The introduction of the Prime Minister’s Office in this country came with some misconceptions which were cleared today and we hope will continue to be cleared in the minds of Kenyans. We must appreciate this office as an institution that is bringing a new way of governing Kenya. Kenyans are now realizing the importance of having a Prime Minister. I do not think that it is any longer going to ... view
• 19 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: I want to speak about the Ministries that fall under the Office of the Prime Minister and I want to start with the Ministry of State for Planning, National Development and Vision 2030. I am glad the Minister is here. On this I would just like to say one thing that unfortunately Vision 2030 has not been a buy-in. It is a beautiful and brilliant written document which Kenyans do not understand. I am asking the Minister and the Prime Minister’s Office to re-think launching this document at the grassroots. Kenyans need to understand what Vision 2030 is because we ... view
• 19 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in my view, the Ministry for Northern Eastern and Other Arid Lands is still lip service. As long as it is under the Office of the Prime Minister, it is going to be a black mark for that office. If this Ministry is not funded properly, the people of North Eastern Province will see it as lip service of this Government. Since it is under the Office of the Prime Minister, they must take full responsibility to ensure that this Ministry is well funded and executes what it was brought in place to execute. view
• 18 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I want to support this Vote but with a very heavy heart because I realized that we are passing a Vote that cannot be effective. It will definitely be ineffective because it is definitely not adequate. I do not know what our rules are in this House but I think that there are some Ministries whose Votes are like this which should really just be approved without having to come to the Floor of the House because obviously these are salaries that we are approving. It is not a Ministry that is going to ... view
• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I stand to support this Vote. Before I support it, I want to acknowledge the work that is being done by the Minister, hon. Charity Ngilu and her Assistant Minister, Mr. Kiunjuri. I also want to acknowledge the Permanent Secretary, Eng. Stower and his officers. I am saying this because not many women are now carrying water on their backs. The number has reduced substantially. We must always acknowledge the positives before we look at the challenges that will always be there, that we must look into finding solutions for. I ... view
• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Let me speak about these Ministries. I am speaking about the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife that has already been mentioned; Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources, Ministry of State for Special Programmes that deals with issues of flooding and drought, Ministry of Energy that continues to build hydro-electric dams. We make a big hue and cry about it, when they are only producing at 30 per cent capacity because there is no water to sustain hydro-electric projects like the one that was commissioned just a few weeks ago by the President. I was just made aware recently that the ... view
• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Motion with a proposed amendment. view