Sylvia Mueni Kasanga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Nov 2020 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, I might not be able to accommodate that in one minute, but I can invite him for a conversation over a cup of tea. view
• 17 Nov 2020 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, when it comes to the issue to the issue of BBI, I have heard a lot of conversation that women being brought into the Senate are not of any use, or we might not find a way for women to work in this Senate. I just want to remind Kenyans that even in the United States of America (USA), which we always want to emulate--- They have had years of a democracy. Their Senate that oversees the Union of States has two members from every State. How they work is something that we need to sit down, ... view
• 17 Nov 2020 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, I support the Motion. view
• 3 Nov 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to add my voice to this debate. I want to congratulate you and thank you for having led us through this process and for demonstrating the leadership that was required at that point in time. I also want to thank my colleagues led by our Senate Minority Leader, Senior Counsel, Sen. James Orengo, Sen. Omogeni and all the others who participated. We want to thank you very much. We thank you for this momentous judgment that you fought for and, indeed, fighting for Senate. You are our heroes and you ... view
• 3 Nov 2020 in Senate: they will both be Senators in the same breath. I really look forward to that. As much as I agree with my fellow colleagues; yes, let us be vigilant, let us not lose sight of the gains of this House in the 2010 Constitution, but let us celebrate the steps that we are taking ahead. It is for posterity for this country and we will be dealing with the two-thirds gender principle in this case. Lastly, before I sit, your earlier Communication on COVID-19 should not go unnoticed by this House. You have told this House that we should be ... view
• 3 Nov 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I beg to move the Motion - THAT, the Senate adopts the Ninth Progress Report of the Ad-hoc Committee on the COVID-19 Situation in Kenya laid on the Table of the Senate on Tuesday, 29th September, 2020. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, 29th September, 2020 is a long time ago. Time has passed. I will try and summarize as much as possible because a lot of these issues have been overtaken. As you know, the mandate of the Committee is coming to an end and we are actually now working on our final report. This ... view
• 3 Nov 2020 in Senate: of the Third Progress Report. We were doing our second round of engagement and so we were receiving the progress report from the CAS. The Ministry of Health also tabled before the committee documents on the funds that had been committed by the National Government and received from the development partners in support of the fight against the COVID-19. A detailed breakdown of those funds was tabled and the Ministry reported that by 9th September 2020, it had received a total of Kshs23.4 billion comprising Kshs17.7 billion from Government revenue and Kshs6.7 billion from external funding. The report further indicated ... view
• 3 Nov 2020 in Senate: Counties which reported the highest expenditure were Nakuru at Kshs311.97 million, Wajir at Kshs255.33 million and Kiambu at Kshs245.94 million. Seven Counties, namely, Bomet, Embu Kirinyaga, Lamu, Mandera, Marsabit and Nairobi City, did not report any expenditure towards COVID-19 interventions. The National Government grants of Kshs5 billion for COVID-19 responses was transferred to the various County Revenue Fund Accounts on 4th June 2020 through the Ministry of Health. Counties further received Kshs.2.36 billion on 6th July 2020 from the National Government (Ministry of Health) being allowances for Frontline Health Care Workers dealing with COVID-19 pandemic and Kshs350 million from DANIDA ... view
• 3 Nov 2020 in Senate: Counties, in the month of September. During these visits, the Committee met with the respective County COVID-19 Emergency Response Committees, co-Chaired by the County Governors and County Commissioners; Members of the Health Services Committees of the respective County Assemblies; front-line healthcare workers; civil society organizations, the private sector, and other partners who have joined together with the respective county governments in responding to the pandemic. Through these engagements, the Committee was able to identify key successes that counties have recorded in responding to the pandemic, as well as challenges that have hampered the effective containment of and response to the ... view
• 3 Nov 2020 in Senate: We engaged with the CoG. We have received detailed reports from county governments on the status of COVID-19 in the counties, including reports on how funds have been allocated--- view