Sylvia Mueni Kasanga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Oct 2020 in Senate: headed by Sen. Sakaja, will have to pick this up. There are some perennial issues that our frontline workers have to go through every year and now it is worse because of the pandemic. They really need to be cushioned. All those and the rest are there captured in the Ninth Report which we shall hopefully have a chance to debate today. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as l call on Sen. Halake to Second this Motion, I have to take this opportunity to thank my Committee Members for the level of commitment that they have shown. We have sat for ... view
• 1 Oct 2020 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am honestly overwhelmed by the sentiments of all the Senators who have made contributions to this Motion. I was truly worried that the House would not give us an extension. We have initially sought a six months extension when we started because we realized that we needed to visit a few more counties. The Senator for Wajir County, Sen. (Dr.) Ali, had specifically requested that we visit Wajir County. That that is why I feel his frustration. The Senator for Taita Taveta County had also expressed his frustration that even after making a request for ... view
• 1 Oct 2020 in Senate: I have to give credit to my Committee Members because we are the ones who pulled the lead on what is happening at KEMSA. We are going to take credit for that because fit was in our first interactions where we brought out the issue of pricing at KEMSA that the Committee on Health is now seized of and investigations are on-going. I am sure that we shall leave the Committee on Health handling the issues on KEMSA. I am hopeful that they will do justice to it because we have Senators like Sen. Olekina who are keen to unearth ... view
• 1 Oct 2020 in Senate: The investigations of procurement at the KEMSA are now in full view of the public. The report that was tabled by the Auditor-General yesterday was very detailed so I can say that we look forward to her audit of the use of COVID-19 funds. If the details that she unearthed yesterday in the preliminary report are anything to go by, we can look forward to a detailed report. Senators need to be seized of these reports to put their governors to task over some of these issues. Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. brought up the issue of education which we should ... view
• 1 Oct 2020 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, when I was invited to the conference that happened on Monday, it was with a lot of disappointment because we did not get a chance to interact because conferences are supposed to allow for Question and Answer so that we ask a few questions. Some of us were ready with our notes to interact but I realised there was no time to interact. All we had was the Government scoring itself and not giving us an opportunity to weigh in on some of the challenges. view
• 1 Oct 2020 in Senate: The issue of education is delicate. Our children are out there and there is push that schools should reopen. Many of our children have been affected because of being at home. A lot of gender-based violence has happened to many of our children. They have also been affected by hunger because many of them rely on school food. There are many other issues that are forcing the Government to be put to pressure for schools to open but the President pronounced himself. view
• 1 Oct 2020 in Senate: We had not discussed this issue but I would like to give a personal opinion. For the 30 days we were given, it would not be possible to answer in detail the question that Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. raised. We shall happily leave it to the Committee on Education. We shall give our recommendation on this particular issue with timelines to the Committee on Education so that it reports back to the House. view
• 1 Oct 2020 in Senate: I am happy and thank Senators for their contributions towards the work that the committee has done. Once again, committee Members have been committed to this call which was not easy. We have had 92 meetings and probably we are going to have another four, five or six before we wind up and table our final report. I pray that the Office of the Speaker will give us the support we need for us to finish our work well. view
• 1 Oct 2020 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I urge Members to vote for the extension. view
• 1 Oct 2020 in Senate: I thank you. view