Roselinda Soipan Tuya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: The only reason why we are talking about women is because the imbalance right now is against women. We are making sure that this House, the Senate and our county assemblies have balanced representation in terms of gender. The affected gender is female. The Bill, therefore, proposes a sunset clause. This principle cannot be applied beyond a period of 20 years. Knowing The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 22 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: where we are coming from as a country, 20 years may not be long enough. If we all put concerted effort from the front as political parties and the leadership of this country to focus and strengthen this principle, the aspiration of the sunset clause will be realised. view
• 22 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: The other issue that I wish to mention has been mentioned by my colleagues that the Bill seeks to import Article 177 of the Constitution. It provides for a gender balanced way of making sure that our county assemblies realise the two-thirds gender threshold. This was missing in relation to the National Assembly and the Senate. The Bill, therefore, seeks to import that provision of Articles 97 and 98 of the Constitution to make sure that we have gender balance in the Senate and the National Assembly, come the next General Election. view
• 22 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: The proposal put across by the Bill is again very attractive. The debate has been that we should not be making a soft landing for women. I represent women of this country and we are not seeking preferential treatment or soft landing for the women. We are just saying that there has been an imbalance, a perpetrated situation culturally, economically and socially, which has put women in the periphery. We are asking how we can correct this imbalance. The nomination or the top-up process which Article 177 speaks about is intended to bridge the gap. view
• 22 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: The Bill has gone a notch higher to make sure that the top-up process will be done in a very competitive way, so that we will not be talking of women being handed leadership positions on a silver platter. That is not what we are proposing. We are supporting that every person, man or woman, will go through a competitive electioneering process. In the event the two-thirds threshold is not realised after the elections, each political party will go back to their nominations or primaries. Do a list of the women who ran for political elective positions and pick out ... view
• 22 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: This will create an environment through which women will join competitive politics. It will prepare women and men of this country, so that by the time we are reaching our threshold of the 20 year sunset clause, everybody will be able to go to the playing field competitively and in a fair process, without any stumbling blocks for any one gender. This is a Bill which gives us an opportunity. Each one of us here might be a father of a daughter or a brother of a sister who is still young and has aspirations. I believe each one has ... view
• 22 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: We cannot belabor women leadership that we have seen all over the world. In Africa today, the world is decrying the fact that all presidents are setting a very terrible precedent. When their term of presidency comes to an end, we see a trend where they are unconstitutional going at every length to extend their presidency. Her Excellency Ellen Sirleaf is the first President to propose reduction of presidential term. This is just one example to show that given a chance, women are going to levels of unprecedented governance, democracy and good leadership. view
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion:- THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Select Committee on Implementation on the implementation status of House Resolutions for the period of April to November 2015, laid of the Table of the House on Wednesday, 2nd December, 2015. view
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I have a long list to update the House on the current status of business pending before the Committee and so, I will move very fast. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view