Rachel Wambui Shebesh

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: disrepute to this House either by misusing our privilege or not authenticating documents to the level that this House is expected. I would therefore ask that the debate that went on, on Thursday, the issues that were canvassed and put on the HANSARD, for the prosperity and integrity of this House, be expunged. If it has been proved that it was a forgery then we cannot allow a discussion on a forgery to remain in the HANSARD of this House. As I said, it touched on the presidency, a friendly country and the Prime Minister. At the end of the ... view
• 13 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I said finally. I can repeat it for you because I want it to be--- view
• 13 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: I have finished Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Chair of the Committee. This issue of canvassing so that we are able to seek extension of debate of these Bills is not only alive in this House, but is also a public debate. I think we need to give Members of this House adequate time to prepare for the debate on this issue. view
• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, the provision talks about gender equality whereas hon. Mungatana’s amendment is talking about “at least one- third”. That is not even constitutional. We normally talk about not more than two-thirds of either gender. I believe that this was not a mistake. It was supposed to provide a 50 per cent representation for women. The proposed amendment will negate what the drafters of this Bill were seeking to do. view
• 16 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Would I be in order to request that you consider reducing the time because of the number of Members who want to contribute and, of course, the speed at which we are moving considering the short time allocated for the passage of these Bills? view
• 16 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I will try to spend as little time as possible so as to give my other colleagues time. First of all, I would like to congratulate this Ministry for bringing before us very comprehensive Bills on Devolution. This is a chapter that was critical to the realization of this Constitution. So, I want to congratulate them. Certain issues, as we have been debating, have come up that may not have been seen to be critical. One of these issues, as the country has been debating the issue of boundaries has been conflicts between ... view
• 16 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: I want to finish on the emphasis of the governors because I think with hindsight, we over glorified, as politicians, this position of governor. I want to be very clear and I know many of my colleagues here are garning for governorship, but this is not a federal State. What we did in terms of devolution was to devolve resources and political power. We did not form federal States. So, this comparison with the way the Nigerian governors go in limousines and have their own flags is not certainly what we are expecting to see in Kenya at all. That ... view
• 15 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to support this Motion by adding my voice to all what my other colleagues have said. I believe they have said what I wanted to say. The Motion before us is clearly talking about the concerns of Kenyans. The concern is whether the parallel programmes are sacrificing the regular programmes. I believe that the Ministry, once and for all, should answer this question. This is because in all universities, parallel programmes are generating a lot of money for the lecturers and the universities themselves more than the regular programmes. I am wondering whether ... view
• 15 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Secondly, I would like to talk about the capacity in the universities. I know we have six public universities. If you visit any of these universities like I do, because I do a lot of mentoring for young students in them, you will be amazed to see the space they have. There are many lecture halls. They have big tracts of land. It bits logic why we do not admit 150,000 students in our universities because we have the capacity to do so. I do not understand it. If you divide that number by the six public universities we have ... view