Roselinda Soipan Tuya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Like it has been said by my colleagues who have spoken before me, this Bill seeks to operationalise Articles 27(8) and 81(b) of our Constitution, which is one of the most progressive in the world. That is an undisputed fact. It envisages and envisions a society based on the rule of law, non-discrimination and social justice. view
• 22 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: At the core of our Constitution, which is the gist of this Bill today, is the strong belief that our society can only find real progress if all the citizens are able to participate fully in the governance of this country without any discrimination and in equal measure in building of our nation. This includes women, men, persons with disabilities and all marginalised and excluded groups. This Bill seeks to enforce the two-thirds principle to make sure that all these groups have an equal sitting space around the table of building Kenya. view
• 22 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: I wish to highlight a few very salient and important features of this Bill. One of it is to institutionalise affirmative action in Kenya in the way it has been done in many other jurisdictions in the world. One of them is to make sure that we do not have a permanent feature of affirmative action in our Constitution. The Bill seeks to cure an imbalance that has been created by years of marginalisation based on gender lines. Members who have spoken before me have clearly stated that this Bill has not been made for women. This is an issue ... view
• 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