Sabina Wanjiru Chege

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: and talk about the revenue, I can clearly say the House has no problem with the Division of Revenue Bill but we need to relook into the attitude of the CS, National Treasury. We also need to check how the National Treasury is working. I do not think the problem is money. The problem is how we are allocating money from the National Treasury. Even as Chairs, we cannot be sitting with ministries, we do our proposals to the Budget and Appropriations Committee, just for the National Treasury to pass things without consulting with this House. As we go on ... view
• 9 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Let me join my colleagues in congratulating you on the newly acquired role and the respect you got from Njuri-Ncheke . As a person from the region, I am very proud of you and I know you got what it takes. You have a big role first and foremost starting from this House to bring all of us together. I have always challenged you as our Speaker that you can be able to mobilise all of us especially where we are headed to. I am very sure and I believe in your leadership. We can come ... view
• 9 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: 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
• 9 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: previous Parliament. Immediately we came back, I brought back the Bill. I met the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Services. I do not know how it was again brought to the Departmental Committee on Health. The Bill is somehow lost. So, I request that the matters I have raised be taken with urgency and utmost priority so that I can give feedback to the people on the ground. Those are very important Bills, especially the Basic Education (Amendment) Bill, which had very important provisions. I was the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Education and Research in the last ... view
• 9 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. At the outset, I want to tell Hon. Sankok that some of these things are not things to joke around with. It does not matter who is the father of a child who abuses drugs. There is no proof about Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) or whether somebody has mixed profiling. view
• 9 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you. I want to tell Hon. Duale that it is true that I am the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Health. Drug use and abuse are health matters. view
• 9 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: As a parent, this matter is not about the children of the poor or the rich. It is not the issue of dynasty or hustlers. This is a matter that affects many children from all walks of life in this country. As a mother, I feel sad when Hon. Sankok, whom I respect, trivialises disability and everything else about drugs abuse. I appreciate the Committee and Chair for the effort that they have put because there are many gaps in the law that exists. There are some things that are not very clear. There are also some gaps, especially the ... view
• 9 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: I have looked at the increase of drug abuse in Kenya. I would like to refer to the Judiciary Report in the Financial Year 2018/2019.There was drastic rise of use of drugs up to around 44.1 per cent. The individual cases which were prosecuted were around 2,268. This is just a tip of the iceberg. Mental health is a reality in this country. A lot of mental health cases are contributed by drugs abuse. The people who are affected by law in this country are the drugs users who are victims of circumstances. When students join universities, there are view
• 9 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: parties that are done. They are given drugs unknowingly and they become addicts. view
• 9 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: As the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Health, I have gone to several conferences and have met young people who are drugs abusers who are fighting to quit. If they tell you the story of how they were introduced to the hard drugs, it is a very sad story. They did not start using them willingly. These are the people the law runs after leaving out the cartels or drug barons who make a lot of money out of our innocent children. There is a mistake. I hope the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security will look at ... view