Sylvia Mueni Kasanga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 21 Dec 2020 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
• 21 Dec 2020 in Senate: Mulwa family - I send our most heartfelt condolences to the family of Sen. (Dr.) Kabaka and the citizens of Machakos. I cannot believe that Sen. (Dr.) Kabaka is gone. He was a personal friend, beyond being a colleague. I had the honour of attending several functions alongside him. view
• 21 Dec 2020 in Senate: Yes, I can hear you. Somebody had muted me. view
• 21 Dec 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. As I said, I had the opportunity to attend several functions with Sen. (Dr.) Kabaka. For instance, we raised funds at a church in Machakos, where the Speaker was presiding and then he went and hosted us to a wonderful lunch in Machakos Town. He came to our Catholic Church in Daystar and helped us to raise funds. We spent an entire day with him. Madam Temporary Speaker, Sen. (Dr.) Kabaka was a lover of trees. We have a forest that he came to plant with us of over 1,000 trees. We call it the ... view
• 24 Nov 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to give notice of the following Motion- THAT, WHEREAS Kenya is a multi-ethnic and multi-racial country with rich and diverse cultural resources such as traditional medicine and foods, arts, craft, music, dances, dress among others; AWARE THAT, the Constitution, in its preamble acknowledges the cultural diversity of the Kenyan people who are determined to live in peace and unity as one indivisible sovereign nation whilst, Article 11 of the Kenyan Constitution recognizes culture as the foundation of the nation and Part (2)(4) of the Fourth Schedule appoints cultural activities as a function of ... view
• 24 Nov 2020 in Senate: CONCERNED that our children are losing their sense of identity due to the negative influences due to inadequate cultural identity catalyzed by globalization which has led to catastrophic consequences to the next generation as experienced in our country where a majority of young people are showing symptoms of feeling suicidal, anxious, feeling of hopelessness, anger, violence, feeling isolated, and paranoia; NOW THEREFORE, the Senate urges the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Sports, Culture and Heritage to- (1) Formulate cultural development policies and initiatives to inculcate stronger community values, safeguard Kenya’s heritage, recognize local heroes and promote socio-cultural opportunities in the counties; ... view
• 17 Nov 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Sen. Sakaja has taken a bit of my script because we were on the ad hoc Committee on COVID-19 and a lot of the Speech by the President touched on that. I support this Motion. After having spoken about mental health since 2018, we can only celebrate that it has reached the lips of the President and now, he can commit that this Government will invest in mental health. It is commendable that his Speech was colourful, well written and delivered. Nonetheless, there is still more that needs to be done when it comes to ... view
• 17 Nov 2020 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
• 17 Nov 2020 in Senate: We are happy that mental health will be a priority. I have always urged all the advocates of mental health who we have worked together and continually worked to help Kenyans, to continue speaking about it and putting pressure so that we can see a whole new overhaul of the sector. I laud the President on the Universal Health Care (UHC) roll out which is commendable. When talking about liberating the poor, the poverty of dignity caused by inadequate service, especially when it comes to the issue of health. UHC is the way to go. Although there have been a ... view
• 17 Nov 2020 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