Roselinda Soipan Tuya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: I wish to highlight a few very salient provisions of this Bill, one of them being the express protection of cultural heritage, which is very pertinent. Heritage here is again divided into various parts, namely movable, immovable and intangible. We have seen tangible cultural heritage like shrines and secret sites, which are very sentimental and dear to some of our communities. They are even the subject of land grabbing. The Bill then comes to provide a much needed protection for these sites in respect and recognition of our cultural traditional heritages. The protection of traditional knowledge and cultural expressions from ... view
• 12 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Mutilation (FGM) is one of these. We must be clear from the outset that every protection that is being sought under this Bill must be in line with the Constitution. We may see people going to court under the guise of protection of their intangible cultural heritage which are not in line with human dignity and rights and which may not be in line with the requirements of justice and our Constitution. With those few remarks, I wish to support and congratulate the Leader of the Majority Party for prioritising this Bill and bringing it to the Floor. Thank you, ... view
• 29 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I wish to say that being on the spot as the Committee on Implementation is very much expected because we are the convergence between the Legislature and the Executive in terms of implementation of all the business of this House. With regard to the issue raised by Hon. Muthomi, he has really generalised issues because if he has an issue with the specific question of the petition about erection of bumps in his constituency, we can undertake to bring it up as a priority for the Committee and give him the necessary feedback. Hon. Speaker, allow ... view
• 29 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. We very well understand that mandate and we know it is a very crucial part of the deliberations of this House. I assure the House that we are up to the task as a Committee. Hon. Speaker, you know that for the very first time, two months ago, the Committee on Implementation did a report to this House since its establishment. It has never been done before. So, mine is to reiterate and assure Members that the Committee is working. On the particular issue raised by Hon. Muthomi, we have had several occasions where we have ... view
• 13 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I wish to add my voice in support of this Bill. The title of the Bill should have been: Access to Justice (Small Claims 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
• 13 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Court Bill). I say this because the Bill is all about making justice accessible, bringing it closer to the people and making it available. Our justice system has been marred with a lot of challenges for the common Kenyan since the establishment of this Republic. For one, our customary justice systems which are the indigenous processes of dealing with disputes have been eroded over the years and replaced with a justice system which in many instances is very abstracted in nature. Abstracted in the sense that it does not address the realities of our varied cultures in this country and ... view
• 13 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: done a lot of public interest litigation and community lawyering on pro bono basis. I know there are so many other lawyers who are readily available to provide legal services on pro bono basis to indigent Kenyans. However, this Bill will lock them out, and I do not think it is fair. Two, I think opening representation such that any Tom, Dick and Harry can be classified as a legal representative of a litigant without any provisions for policing these people, I think is going in the wrong direction. This is because anybody can come up and exploit an indigent ... view
• 13 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: I support. view
• 20 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me a chance to contribute in support of Hon. Kaluma’s Bill. The gist of this proposed amendment to the Constitution is really the entrenchment of the idea of separation of powers which is a good practice in good governance in any jurisdiction. We are aware that the three arms of Government are constitutionally mandated to make specific interventions in the governance of this country. The Judiciary is confined to the interpretation of legislation that emanate from Parliament. Here, we are talking about the national Government, the county assemblies and the Senate because ... view
• 20 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: internal functionalities of each arm of Government for purposes of good governance and good orderliness in how the three arms of Government function. With those few remarks, I wish to support the Bill. Thank you. view