Sylvia Mueni Kasanga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Sep 2020 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am not sure if the two Senators we are discussing in the Motion need to be present. view
• 23 Sep 2020 in Senate: Is it possible to check if my Seconder is in the Lounge because I do not want to defer it to another day. The Motion has been on the Order Paper for some while. view
• 22 Sep 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I do not think I have presented before you. This is the first time. I thought I would be the last one, so that I would ask for a little more time, but now that the Senate Majority Leader is here, I will have to try to condense my thoughts. Sen. Omogeni is a Senior Counsel. I would like to be guided because I am not a constitutional lawyer--- view
• 22 Sep 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Starting from where Sen. Omogeni has left, this Parliament - both the Senate and the National Assembly - should enact these legislations to make sure that when we go to the next election, the envisioned legislations in the Constitution will be in place, so that we do not have a situation like this one. I agree that, that should be the position. However, as of now, with the advisory that the Chief Justice has given to the President, I am celebrating it. This is a great constitutional moment, just like the one he gave ... view
• 22 Sep 2020 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I was just going through some Articles here. World over, the issue of women and marginalized groups not being well represented in governance and leadership positons is the reason many countries have had to institute gender legislations and frameworks, to ensure that this is happening. We have seen it happen successfully in our neighbouring countries. We like to say that in the larger East African region, we are very progressive. However, we consistently miss out on these opportunities to make us even more progressive. In any case, we are sometimes retrogressive. When we have leaders like ... view
• 17 Sep 2020 in Senate: Thank you so much, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to add my voice to today’s wins. Let me call them the Senate wins. A hundred per cent consensus is, indeed, a wonderful thing for this country and for us, as the Senate. We can now hold our heads high and say that we have done our constitutional duty by giving Kenyans what it is they are always asking for. Let me thank the mediation team, Team Kenya, and everybody. I do not want to keep on repeating. Four minutes is a very short time. From the beginning, ... view
• 17 Sep 2020 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, we can say today we have freed Kenyans. Today a Kenyan in Kiambu can wake up and go settle in Ukambani or wherever, because we have said, Kenya is one. We have said that every part of this country must be uplifted to middle-income status by sharing these resources appropriately. view
• 17 Sep 2020 in Senate: I am happy that I am now going to write a paper where I can say: “Senators we have done our bidding”. Kenyans have always asked to be free. This is one opportunity we have once every five years as a Senate. Yes, it was very noisy at the beginning, yes, we had differed a lot, yes, we had fought, but even the Bible, when the Lord showed Himself to Elijah, it came in silence. We have to thank the 12 Member Committee for having sat down and come out with this solution that everyone has agreed is a good ... view
• 17 Sep 2020 in Senate: In the end, as we uphold the Constitution, we must remember that the national Government is not a big mama to the county governments, but it is a constitutional mandate for money to be drawn from the national Government to the county government. It is not a favor and we must continue fighting for more money to the counties. Madam Temporary Speaker, I submit. Thank you, very much. view
• 8 Sep 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the Senate, today Tuesday, 8th September 2020- Report of the Committee on Powers and Privileges on the Inquiry into the Conduct of Senators during the Election of the Chairperson and Vice Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Health. view