Rose Nyamunga Ogendo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: diagnosed with cancer. It is my humble prayer that the Government takes cancer treatment as an important and crucial part of the management of health in this county. It is not only about cancer because we suffer from many diseases that are not curable. Most of those diseases result from lack of awareness. We do not know how to take care of ourselves so that we do not get high blood pressure, diabetes and cancer. We cannot be cancer-proof. From the little that I know about medicine, all human beings have cancer cells. How you lead your life prompts cancer. ... view
• 23 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: It is not only the treatment of cancer that is crucial but, in my view, we should look at our lifestyles. If we want to take care of cancer, we must also take care of our lifestyles. How active and obese are we? Obesity is one of the breeding factors for cancer. We are prone to cancer if we do not exercise and eat the right foods. We are now advised to turn to traditional vegetables like view
• 23 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: That is what we call them in my community. Those are medicinal vegetables and we should encourage our people to eat them. Screening and creating awareness of the kind of lifestyle we should lead is important. Cancer is a killer disease. There are so many other diseases that we should take very seriously for Kenya to move forward. There are diseases that put us at bay and prevent us from moving forward economically. If the nation is sick, there will be no economic growth. The statistics on HIV/AIDS in some parts of this country are very high. Some cancer types ... view
• 2 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the Community Land Bill. I support it with few reservations. Land has been a very emotive issue in Kenya. We all know that. For a long time, Kenyans or communities have lost heavily because of the fact that community land has never been registered. Currently, community land is held by county governments. County governments hold community land in trust for now. It is very important that the land is removed from the county governments’ hands and is registered in the name of the community to protect it from ... view
• 2 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Clause 21 of the Bill makes it mandatory for the community to protect its existing land based on natural resources. If any community has natural resources within its land, for example, oil in Turkana, the community will be part and parcel of protection of such natural resource. The issue that should go for consideration is the fact that the Bill is silent on the transfer of community land to non-citizens. That should be looked into because it is not clear. With the number of fraud cases that we have in this country, leaving the CS to deal with them solely ... view
• 14 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I also rise to support this Bill. To me, it is very timely and important that all Kenyans get access to justice. We have said it even in other deliberations on the issues of courts that we should have a justice system which is all inclusive and open to everybody. I support the Bill because, first of all, the fact that the Chief Justice is the one who will be appointing the adjudicator or the registrar means that it is given the importance that is required for any court in this Republic. It will give it ... view
• 14 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, you will realise that most people always avoid courts because of cost and the word justice. Judges or magistrates put most people off and as a result many cases go unheard. Women in villages suffer a lot because when most people hear the word judge or court even if they know they have a case, they opt out of such cases. So, the use of a local language, Kiswahili or English gives a lot of credibility to this court and we should support this Bill. On qualifications, my colleague has already said that most people are allergic to ... view
• 7 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I would like to support the Bill for various reasons. First, the Bill has set the hierarchy of each court in such a manner that it is going to give each court its place. For example, there are matters for the Magistrates’ Court and other matters for the High Court in such a manner that there will be no need for people to fight over functions and responsibilities. There is a very clear demarcation by the way the Bill is setting up the courts. Secondly, there is a provision of setting ... view
• 7 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: the courts. That is very important. Another important thing is that there is a provision for alternative justice. Right now, we realise that almost 80 per cent of people who are offended or have issues do not go to court because they think that courts, first of all, are very expensive and, if they are not expensive, they will not be properly heard or given the audience that is required. Many people fear going to court, but they need justice. The Bill provides for alternative justice. I know there is already a tempo to that effect where the alternative justice ... view
• 5 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to make a few comments on the Insolvency Bill. After going through it, it comes out very clearly that it is very important for the amendment to be made. In Clause 155, the Bill now allows a bankrupt individual to inspect the documents. He can also be allowed to make copies of such documents, go through them and be assured of some issues that may have been raised in the insolvency. From Division II, Clause 636 onwards, the Bill provides for the company directors who are willing to opt to ... view