Sunjeev Kour Birdi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity to lend my thoughts to the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill. I congratulate Hon. Florence because as we approach elections this year, many issues pertaining to elections will be discussed. Issues pertaining to society such as these get ignored. While Hon. Florence will be leaving this year to pursue gubernatorial seat or defend her seat – I am not quite sure - she will know that she put effort in this Parliament to clean up the Sexual Offences Act. Modernisation brings modern problems. Children get older much faster than before. In some ... view
• 25 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: Many times we see on social media or television unscrupulous people take advantage of vulnerable people. So, the employer should be responsible for the people they are hiring so that they make sure that vulnerable people are being taken care of by the right persons. I have talked about collection of semen for evidence. One more important thing that has been clarified is with regard to police stations having special units to deal with sexual offences. This is very important because the 2006 statistics stated that one rape was committed every half an hour. So, if we are dealing with ... view
• 25 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: Finally, I would like to support this Bill and congratulate Hon. Florence once again for a job well done. Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. view
• 25 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The Public Private Partnerships (Amendment) Bill is very important, short and sweet. It has only 13 clauses which contribute to the amendment of this Act. The 13 clauses are very important. 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
• 25 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: I call the Public Private Partnership the 3Ps. It will be important in keeping our economy in line with the country’s Vision 2030, which is to make Kenya a middle income economy. We can do this by inviting public and private investors to our economy. Our country has generally attracted a lot of attention in the past from private enterprises. We now have 47 counties, and I wish that at some point in time, we will be able to judge all of them on how well they have done. This will make the counties that are lagging behind pull up ... view
• 25 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: Having a private investor coming to your county will increase opportunities for your area and the economy will grow. The PPP will help the private sector by giving it access to secure long-term investments. You can have private partners who want to multiply their profits and this will give them the opportunity to grow their investments. It is actually opportune for both parties; that is the private and the public sector. We also have to remember that private sectors come on board with some expertise which the public sector does not have. This merger between the public and private sectors ... view
• 25 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: In essence, what is the Public Private Partnership (Amendment) Bill doing? It is bringing the element of our counties and what they are. Clause 3 on the application says that it will actually apply on every contract for the design, financing, construction, operation, equipping, management and maintenance of a project. That is basically the gist of this Bill. It highlights who the contracting authority is, and the contracting authority in this case is the county government and national Government. view
• 25 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, within this Bill, a committee which will be preparing reports and recommendations to the counties will be formed so that they can evaluate the proposals being brought on the table for the counties. That is whether they will be beneficial or not. All in all, this is a very brilliant Bill that has come at the right time because we need to expedite the growth of our economy to double digits. The advantages of this amendment are far more than I can think of any negativity. I rise to support the 3Ps that is “Public Private ... view
• 25 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 17 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I support the appointment of Archbishop (Rtd.) Dr. Eliud Wabukala Wamukekhe – I hope I have pronounced it correctly. view