Zipporah Jesang Kurgat Kering

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity. At the outset, I would like to support this great man, Dr. Archbishop Wabukala. I also want to congratulate the Anglican Church for having raised such a person. As we talk about him, we know the history of the position that we are fronting him to take; that it has had problems. From the reports that we have gone through about him, he is a consistent man, very articulate and somebody that is attached to whatever issues he is handling. From history, he rose from the lowest to the highest rank ... view
• 17 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity. At the outset, I would like to support this great man, Dr. Archbishop Wabukala. I also want to congratulate the Anglican Church for having raised such a person. As we talk about him, we know the history of the position that we are fronting him to take; that it has had problems. From the reports that we have gone through about him, he is a consistent man, very articulate and somebody that is attached to whatever issues he is handling. From history, he rose from the lowest to the highest rank ... view
• 26 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you so much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. From the outset, I oppose this Bill. Just like the rest of the speakers have said, there are women who came to Parliament for the first time and we know what they went through for us to be in Parliament today. We know very well that the Supreme Court gave an advice saying that Parliament should go back and find a formula to bring more women to Parliament. This is a constitutional amendment. It is not an issue about men and women. Hon. Chepkong’a has tried to ... view
• 26 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: We are being threatened that if we do not pass this Bill, we will be sent home. I stand here to say that whether we support it or not, it goes through or not, Hon. Chepkong’a knows he has not done the right thing by calling this Bill progressive. In the first place, it does not show timelines and how many Members are going to be added at one given time. I am a teacher and the word ‘progressive’ is taking us back to where we came from as women. view
• 26 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Women in this country are loyal voters and they are more than 50 per cent of the population. Just like my colleagues have said, the greatest and honest supporters of the male Members are women. They also know that when women say yes, it remains that way. If you watch a polling station when an election is going on, most of the early morning voters are women. This means that they leave their duties just to vote for these men, go back home and wait for them to be announced as winners. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report ... view
• 26 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Why is it that when this Bill, which touches on women, is brought to the House, it becomes a tussle and war between men and women? Just like other Hon. Members have said, I am sure we are no longer begging, but saying enough is enough. We want to stand our ground as women, go back to the ground and tell the women of this nation to watch and see those who are pro or against women. I want us to begin with Hon. Chepkonga’s constituency. Women should never be intimidated again. Looking at women in high positions today, we ... view
• 26 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: I stand to oppose this Bill and tell Hon. Chepkong’a not to take us back to the dark days. As a House, we should be ready to go home. We will make history as the only Parliament that was not able to complete its term because it did not do what was right. I respect Hon. Chepkong’a because he is a lawyer and I expect him to be in the lead showing us the way. I want to thank the male Members in Parliament starting with Hon. Nyikal, who sits in the same Committee with me. I hope as he ... view
• 26 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: With those many remarks, I strongly oppose the Bill and everywhere I go, I will speak about it for the women to realise why men are against us. The other day, we requested for a kitty for the 47 women representatives. Our money is called affirmative because men in this House do not see the sense of us being given this kitty to help our people down there. Otherwise, I stand to oppose this Bill. view
• 30 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you for the opportunity that you have given me. I thank the Hon. Member who has brought this Motion. It is timely and I support the idea of allowing people with waiting cards to use them to register as voters. As much as I support this Motion, we are aware of challenges that happen in between. Some women asked me yesterday to support them to have their IDs released. 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
• 30 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Registration of voters is a very crucial exercise and we wonder why the people dealing with IDs have delayed issuing them. As much as the registration of IDs is decentralised, we should add equipment at the national level so that their issuance is fast tracked. I support the idea of waiting cards to be used for registration of voters. There are other transactions that Kenyans need to use their IDs for. For example, the mama mboga who want to apply for small loans cannot access them without IDs. I wonder whether the waiting cards can also be used to access ... view