Rachel Wambui Shebesh

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, my point of order was when the Assistant Minister said that he had consulted with the Town Clerk. I would want to know who the Town Clerk of Nairobi is. These days, Town Clerks are being sneaked in for three months, they collect money for campaigns and then they are received by former Ministers for Local Government into their parties so that they can vie. We want to know who this new Town Clerk you have sneaked in is. view
• 19 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank you for that direction. Let it also go on record that there is a Transitional Authority that should look at the protection of assets that are currently owned by councils in preparation for the county governments. What properties has the Transitional Authority identified as belonging to the Nairobi City Council and in good hands and not in the hands of hon. Nguyai and his Town Clerks, who sneak them in and out? We want the properties to be in good hands for the people of Nairobi when it becomes Nairobi County. view
• 19 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, even as the Assistant Minister pleads with us about the ruling that will be made tomorrow, I think he should do things right and on record. There has been a precedent set before; that is, we approved the name of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in this House, he was sworn-in and yet he still had a pending court case. The Assistant Minister has not told us whether he has orders from the court to the Chief Justice stopping the swearing-in of Mumo Matemo because of a court case. So, can we be clear? ... view
• 19 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I am actually very worried that this could be discrimination against women. If they were two male commissioners with no case pending, would there be people running round in circles not swearing them in? Is it because they are two women and you think you can manipulate the situation? view
• 19 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think that we are being very unfair to this House and Members of Committees of this House. We are also being very unfair to the rulings of the Chair in this House, if we can allow an issue, with all due respect to the Chair--- We keep asking the same Question to the same Minister who obviously does not view
• 19 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Statement was hinging on the resignation of four or five Members of Parliament, I am not wrong, which was supposed to show a sign of political goodwill. We know that we are going to a General Elections and as a Ministry losing political goodwill on this issue of the Mau evictees at the point when we are going to an election is asking for tension and uncertainty around the area where the Mau evictees are and especially around the area where the Members of Parliament come from. Does the Ministry and by extension the ... view
• 19 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, we respect your ruling and we respect the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Health. We respect the views of any Member who wants to support or not support this Bill. But if you take this issue to a vote now, instead of just following the ruling from the Chair, you will bring us to a situation we do not need to reach. We need our male colleagues to support us. If there is going to be a decision to postpone it, please, let us not go to a vote--- view
• 19 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: seconded. view
• 19 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as we prepare to come tomorrow, I would like to say that this, first of all, can never be a competition between men and women. At the end of the day, it involves children. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if the procedure was followed correctly, then there was no procedure that was broken. What we do know though is that lobbying is a thing that is allowed. So, we will lobby our male colleagues because we know that we are looking for the best for the child. What we are passing here is what the Government should ... view
• 19 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is it in order for Mr. Kutuny to discuss the size, shape and direction of our breasts which is an obscene thing to be talking about here when we are talking about children and breastfeeding? Young girls of this day and age, the “dot com”, the ones who you are thinking do not want to breastfeed, are actually the ones who have taught us that breastfeeding up to six months is important. This Bill is for the grassroots woman. It is unfortunate that the work that is being done to try ... view