Sylvia Mueni Kasanga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 May 2019 in Senate: Fellow Senators, these are definitions that you can get online. However, when you read the WHO definitions, you know that mental illnesses also include depression, anxiety, personality disorders, eating disorders, alcohol and substance addiction and posttraumatic stress disorders. Many of us have suffered these illnesses whether or not we want to acknowledge it. However, largely, people do not get to know when they are suffering from these illnesses. What happens is that a person finds themselves reacting or behaving in a certain way or being unable to cope with certain pressures of everyday life. It is simply because they have ... view
• 29 May 2019 in Senate: Sen. Chebeni. However, our Statement was never responded to by the Ministry of Health. That is why the need for a Bill came on. At the time when we were debating the Motion, I remember how the Senate came out fully in support. When we see the statistics, your heart completely breaks. You can see we are in a society where our Government administration is not even looking out for some of these critical things. You can imagine the losses that Kenya, as a nation, encounters because we have mental illnesses and challenges which we are not addressing. The professionals ... view
• 29 May 2019 in Senate: There is also Capital FM and an online platform called Bonga, where people can log in and have a conversation if they have any issues, are depressed or need to speak to a specialist. Bonga has gone into partnership with Dr. Njenga‘s clinic, so that they can offer professional help to people who want to speak anonymously for those who do not want to be known. There is also the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNHCR), the Health Rights Advocacy Forum (HERAF), International Institute of Legislative Affairs (IILA) and Calm Mind. Calm Mind is a very special organization that ... view
• 28 May 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you for allowing me to welcome the students from Makueni County. I would like to remind the students together with their teachers that education is the most important tool that they have to plan their future with. It is only through education that they can make a livelihood for themselves and transform the societies that they come from. As the students watch their leaders debate, they should remember that we are looking at them as the future of our nation. As the Senators who spoke ahead of me said, their moral standing should be upright ... view
• 21 May 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. Let me congratulate Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. and Sen. Sakaja for bringing this Bill. We needed it a long time ago because it is a wonderful idea. I say so because being a first-time MP, it is a huge task to get down to our Business. Kenyans cannot understand how difficult the process is. Right from the beginning when you bring your proposals, you are told that the Senate cannot do something or it is a money Bill. view
• 21 May 2019 in Senate: First, I would like to appreciate the object of this Bill; that it will give us a framework for determining the nature of a Bill. That will guide MPs on what to bring to the House, depending on their own interests. Secondly, I like the third object of this Bill, which seeks to resolve a dispute as to whether a Bill concerns counties or not. Anything where dispute resolution is considered is a beautiful thing, because it guides and reduces the time and the hustle whereby two parties, be it the Speakers or the Houses, may not agree over the ... view
• 21 May 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, what I love about this Bill – because this is something that has affected me in the process of legislation – is Clause 8(2), which provides as follows- view
• 21 May 2019 in Senate: ―A Bill shall be a Bill that affects the finances of a county government under Article 110(1)(c) of the Constitution if– view
• 21 May 2019 in Senate: (a) the Bill provides for – (i) the equitable sharing of revenue under Article 202(1) of the Constitution; (ii) a matter set out under Article 204 of the Constitution; (iii) the withdrawal of money from the Consolidated Fund under Article 206 of the Constitution that affects the finances of county governments; (iv) the withdrawal of money from a County Revenue Fund; (v) of public funds by counties and the management of those funds; (vi) advances from the Contingencies Fund under Article 208 of the Constitution that affects the finances of county governments; (vii) the imposition of a tax, duty or ... view
• 21 May 2019 in Senate: money Bill, which we are not supposed to touch. I faced that challenge when I sponsored a Bill about mental health, and the first thing the Ministry said was that it is a Money Bill and, therefore, not a Bill for the Senate. This was done without even deeply interrogating what I wanted to address when it comes to issues of finances. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I like that this Bill by Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. and Sen. Sakaja has defined what the Bill provides for, and I appreciate that. I hope that because of this, we shall have a ... view