Rachel Wambui Shebesh

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, is it fair for this House, when we are debating an issue of national importance like now, to have Dr. Khalwale highlight the name of a woman who is respected in this country and whose reputation now stands in the balance? view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Is it fair for us to continue leaving her name hanging in the balance without asking Dr. Khalwale to either withdraw, apologise or substantiate? view
• 27 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I stand to support this Report. I would like to start by speaking about the commissions, which have been taken for granted in this country for a very long time. There was a great risk of us taking this report also for granted. But I thank God that there are Kenyans who still hold us accountable and who could embarrass us enough to admit that, even as politicians, we cannot stop this tide of truth that has been told. Commissions use a lot of taxpayers' money. view
• 27 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: It is unfortunate that many commissions bring out reports that are never implemented or even debated. For me, this is not only a success following the post-election violence, but a success in terms of where we want to go as the Tenth Parliament on the issue of commissions and reports that are produced. For me, it is unfair that we bring into commissions reputable people such as Justice Waki and allow them to go through three to four months of serious work, including serious legal minds behind such commission and then, when the reports are out, we want to trash ... view
• 27 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, for me, this is a first because it allows us to have something that we can use as a basis to say: "Any commission that is ever commissioned in this country, the report must be tabled in Parliament, discussed and implemented, including difficult things like setting up the tribunal." For me, the Waki Report highlighted many issues. But what touched me as a woman Member of Parliament and a mother was the issue of sexual violence that happened during that time. A record number of 1,300 children do not know where their parents are up to ... view
• 27 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: I think as House, sometimes, we should be embarrassed because we speak like we are not parents. We speak as if we are not mothers or fathers of children in this country. How can you stand and defend individuals before you remember that there are children who will never see their parents again, not knowing whether they were killed or lost? To me, that is a tragedy. view
• 27 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: That tells us that we are losing our moral standing in the society as Members who represent the people. For me, this Report clearly states the kind of sexual violence perpetuated on women and young children by police officers. The police officers were identified, and it is on record that they were terrorizing women at night in the Internally Displaced Persons' (IDP) camps in the name of going to save them. It is more sad to note that even humanitarian agencies were taking advantage of women. They had to give sexual favours in exchange for food to be able to ... view
• 27 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: 4434 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES January 27, 2009 view
• 27 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: happened in 1992, 1997, 2002 and then 2007, we must bite the bullet, even if it is painful. We must bite the bullet, for the future of this country, and if we want to be considered as leaders in this country after this Report. Kenyans are watching us. view
• 27 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am speaking as a member of the Kenya Women Parliamentarians Association, to which you are a member. Our resolve is one: to reclaim this country for our children. For us, it does not matter what political party we belong to, because we have seen that political parties are adding no value and substance to the issue of discrimination against women. If anything, these political parties are perpetuating discrimination. We are saying that we are going to reclaim our country, irrespective of which tribe, political party and region we come from. view