Sylvia Mueni Kasanga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 8 Jun 2022 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I second. view
• 7 Apr 2022 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to comment. I serve in the Committee of Gender, Children and Vulnerable persons for the forum of parliaments of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (IGCLR). It has been one of my greatest honors to represent the country in that capacity. view
• 7 Apr 2022 in Senate: In fact, I am not just a member of that committee, I am also the rapporteur of that committee. I can attest to the sentiments that have been drawn on this Statement on the purpose of the forum for Parliaments for the IGCLR in promoting peace and security in the region as well as looking at the concerns of the most vulnerable people, women and children and humanitarian issues. view
• 7 Apr 2022 in Senate: Our engagements in the committee have been very informative and educational. We have learnt a lot and we have shared a lot of experiences when we are in that committee. We always look out for best practices in our region and try to emulate that. Without a doubt, the role of Parliament; which is the theme for this year has always been very clear. Every time we engage at that committee level, we have a duty as parliamentarians to come back to our respective parliaments, share the resolutions made at the committee and make sure that our parliaments adopt the ... view
• 7 Apr 2022 in Senate: Over and above, the secretariat of the forum have always been very good at finding some of the best consultants who come with research drawn from best practices view
• 7 Apr 2022 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 7 Apr 2022 in Senate: from across the world for the parliamentarians to learn from. Every time we have sat in committee, we have always had a presentation from a consultant with very deep information about salient issues regarding what we were discussing at those forums. That way we are able to draw conclusions for our member States to take. view
• 7 Apr 2022 in Senate: Another thing we always did at committee - and this was before COVID-19 - was to do site visits. Here in Kenya, our committee on Women, Children and Vulnerable persons has done site visits to look at, for example, how gender based violence is approached. We visited some of the centers at The Kenyatta Hospital and Nairobi Women’s Hospital so that we can learn and show the other members States how we do it. view
• 7 Apr 2022 in Senate: We have also learnt from other countries. We have been to Kigali in Rwanda to learn how they deal with issues of gender based violence, issues of mental health and the facilities they have for rescue centers. We are able to draw that experience and bring it home and say “we need to expand our methods of collection of evidence in the event of gender based violence”. view
• 7 Apr 2022 in Senate: It has been a great experience serving in this Committee. I normally say in these forums: “Africa is ours and it is our business”. It is really good seeing African countries coming together to try and resolve issues from their own experience and resources. We should work with what we have and we make our countries the best. The DRC has joined the economic bloc of the East African Nations and therefore, it is in our interest as Kenya to see that there is a lot of peace in the DRC. We want to see the DRC progress and opening ... view