Wanjiku Muhia

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Indeed, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have put an intervention to request you that Members be allowed to speak for three minutes because many Members are really interested in this, kindly. view
• 28 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Yes, hon. Chairlady. I want to bring to the attention of the House that the Speaker ruled that Clauses 156 and 157 are about money Bills, and I strongly believe Clause 95 is also about a money Bill. view
• 20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I want to start by saying that today is a great day where we have the only Bill that is discussed in a bipartisan approach. Having said that, I am disappointed that the House leadership had set a very bad mood but gentlemen and gentle ladies, hon. Members of this House are bringing facts. I would encourage hon. Members to support their contributions with facts. It is very bad for hon. Members to point out obvious omissions in the Bill that the Committee could not detect. It is not portraying a good picture of hon. Members. view
• 20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: I want to quote some good parts of this Bill and second hon. Ng’ongo that some of the clauses meant to be deleted should be retained. For instance, all the speakers ahead of me have spoken of the shelters and I also recommend that shelters are good. Hon. Angwenyi has said that this Bill needs to bring good morals. When we have shelters in our society where victims can go, I imagine that there will be counselors there to help them. view
• 20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Two months ago, we read in the newspapers about a case in Nakuru where a boy of five years was sexually harassed severally by a house help. When the case came up before the magistrate, there was somber mood in the court room. So, this Bill is not about women; it is about men, women, boys and girls. I do not want to say it is a bad thing but I want to discourage the leadership of this House, in future, from treating such Bills casually; like they are gender-based. Violence is real. The Bill has an article on emotional ... view
• 20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I stand guided but what I want to mean is that even men cannot perform when they are emotionally abused. This emotional abuse can be from either party. When we speak of economic abuse, we know of cases where even working women deny men fare to go and look for a job. We know of cases where wives The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: in the house are denied money to buy food. So, when an hon. Member says that he cannot understand what is economic abuse, literally speaking, it is an argument that is misplaced. view
• 20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: I want to commend this Committee. It has done a great job. We are all aware of many lives that have been lost, especially in slums, estates or villages where houses are close together. We know that we have had families fighting at night but because no one is responsible, no one has reported. It is only after death that someone says they wished they had reported. There was no legal framework to guide any person to go and report. The issue of the police is a good thing. We do not want to condemn our police. We are here ... view
• 20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, we know of couples who have divorced or separated and do not live in peace. You will find the former family members bothering a woman or a man who has been married in the second marriage. This happens even in the political arena. We know of couples who were married and divorced but because of jealous or malice, you will find the former husband or wife going to spoil the campaigns for the people they separated with many years ago. This Bill is putting legal framework that this is no longer allowed. view
• 20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: I want to speak about the boy-child. As much as women look like they are only advocating for the girl-child - particularly the County Women Representatives have been advocating for money so that they can promote boy-child mentorship. The boy-child mentorship is in the regulations that we are about to bring. The boy-child has been denied all the rights on the fact that a boy or a man is imagined to be capable of running his life. However, from what we see in the media or other experience that we come across, we know that boys could even be more ... view