Muthoni Esther Passaris

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. First, allow me to pass my condolences to the family members of the late Albert Ojwang’. The autopsy results are already out, and it shows that he went through a brutal death. It is really sad. We are in a month when we want reparation and...

Hon. Esther Passaris (Nairobi City County, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. First, allow me to pass my condolences to the family members of the late Albert Ojwang’. The autopsy results are already out, and it shows that he went through a brutal death. It is really sad. We are in...

Hon. Esther Passaris (Nairobi City County, ODM) Yes, it is actually Utumishi kwa Wote. I understand that, Hon. Speaker. Thanks for the correction. I just pray that the family finds peace, and that we can do something right now to bring justice to that young man and all the lost...

Hon. Esther Passaris (Nairobi City County, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to commend the ministry for the work that they are doing. They recently brought back a group of Kenyans who were stranded in Myanmar. They had been taken there by rogue agents to go and work yet,...

Hon. Esther Passaris (Nairobi City County, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Yes, Nairobi is normally neglected. The failure of various counties to introduce devolution effectively has caused congested urbanisation in Nairobi. The fact that we have too many informal settlements means that insecurity is high. As we review and expand...

Hon. Esther Passaris (Nairobi City County, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to convey my deep sorrow and profound gratitude as I join the 22nd April 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 4 Hon. Esther Passaris (Nairobi City County, ODM)Catholic faithful around the world in mourning the passing...

Hon. Esther Passaris (Nairobi City County, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. To the Cabinet Secretary through the Speaker, I want to talk about what Hon. Oundo has said on the issue of children. We know that in Kenya, we have many defiled children. We also have many children who engage...

Hon. Esther Passaris (Nairobi City County, ODM) I have a burning one. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. As we sit here, I want to bring it to the attention of the Cabinet Secretary that Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral and Research Hospital (KUTRRH) had stalled for eight years. I was in the...

Hon. Esther Passaris (Nairobi City County, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I commend Hon. Joyce Kamene for bringing up this matter. I agree with Hon. Rachel 5th March 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 3 Hon. Esther Passaris (Nairobi City County, ODM)Nyamai that there is a new world order. This is...

Hon. Esther Passaris (Nairobi City County, ODM) The former President of Kenya, Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta, pronounced himself on the issue of dependence on donor aid and that we should be focussed on becoming self-sustaining. This is a wake-up call. We need to deal decisively with corruption so that we have...

Hon. Esther Passaris (Nairobi City County, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44 (2) (c) , I rise to request a statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Health regarding the status of security at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) . Security at...

Hon. Esther Passaris (Nairobi City County, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I welcome the students from Loreto Convent, Cornerstone, and the ones from Kiambu County. Students come to observe and understand what the Government is doing. I take this opportunity to tell them to work hard. Your parents and...

Hon. Esther Passaris (Nairobi City County, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I noticed that the Committee was at the KNH while I was away at the Pan-African Parliament. However, my question has not been fully answered. Let me talk about the issue of Gilbert Kinyua. The family got in touch...

Hon. Esther Passaris (Nairobi City County, ODM) Hon. Speaker, while I know that Parliament has immunity to discuss everything, I will sit with Susan, the wife of the deceased. She told me that her husband was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. 5th March 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 10 Hon. Esther Passaris...

Hon. Esther Passaris (Nairobi City County, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I stand here very disheartened because I hear one story from the family and another from the Chairperson of the Committee. We have a family in distress, a family in need, and it is not premature to discuss compensation. On the...

Hon. Esther Passaris (Nairobi City County, ODM) With the way Hon. (Dr) Nyikal talked, I feel that the patient next to Gilbert is a suspect. For me, I noted that a knife with blood was found near the hospital. I recently saw something in South Africa. Similarly, they have high...

Hon. Esther Passaris (Nairobi City County, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I just thought in the interest of gender, we should also have a woman speak to the passing of Prince Karim Al Husseini, Aga Khan IV. What I know is that, as soon as he assumed office at the...

Hon. Esther Passaris (Nairobi City County, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. Together with Hon. Majimbo Kalasinga, Hon. Rahab Mukami, and Sen. Mungatana and Sen. (Prof.) Kamar from the Senate, I am very proud to be a Kenyan 4th December 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 1 Hon....

Hon. Esther Passaris (Nairobi City County, ODM) Let me conclude. Once we have adopted it, member states will adopt it. Thank you for giving me the opportunity. Welcome to the Committee of Rural Economy in the Pan-African Parliament.

Hon. Esther Passaris (Nairobi City County, ODM) Thank you for giving me this opportunity. The National Gender and Equality Commission was founded in 2011 – that is 13 years ago - just after the promulgation of the Constitution of Kenya 2010, with the idea of driving the two-thirds gender rule...

Hon. Esther Passaris (Nairobi City County, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute. I wanted to speak to the Public Finance Management (Amendment) Bill which has been concluded. I commend the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning. If we want...

Hon. Esther Passaris (Nairobi City County, ODM) On a point of order Hon. Deputy Speaker?

Hon. Esther Passaris (Nairobi City County, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I would like the Member to withdraw the statement, “misbehave like school children.” Our school children do not misbehave. This is too generalised and stereotyping. When some youth misbehave, we cannot brand all of them as having bad...

Hon. Esther Passaris (Nairobi City County, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the State of the Nation Address. It was one of the best State of the Nation addresses I have ever heard. It was real, humble and progressive. It showed the...

Hon. Esther Passaris (Nairobi City County, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. We are saddened that we keep having fire incidents in Nairobi and we keep losing lives. A few months ago, a mother lost three of her children. Today, a father has died with three children, a mother has...

Hon. Esther Passaris (Nairobi County, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. Esther Passaris (Nairobi County, ODM) Yes.

Hon. Esther Passaris (Nairobi County, ODM) Before I reply, I want to address some concerns regarding the SHIF and SHA that we have been discussing. I believe this will be amazing because the haves will be paying for the have-nots. However, when they say that outpatient care will also be...

Hon. Esther Passaris (Nairobi City County, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to reply to the Motion on Comprehensive Reform of Education Bursary Schemes to ensure Free Basic Education in Kenya. I have listened to my colleagues. There are those who supported, and others opposed. For my life, I cannot...

Hon. Esther Passaris (Nairobi City County, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Recently, my party leader, Raila Odinga, said that Members of Parliament should perform their roles of legislation, oversight and representation. Most of these funds should be put in areas that serve the people. Hon. Raphael Wanjala also said...

Hon. Esther Passaris (Nairobi City County, ODM) Ahsante sana, Mhe. Spika wa Muda. Ni kweli. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to Hon. Irene Mayaka's Environment Management and Coordination (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to amend the law on the issue of cultivation of the...

Hon. Esther Passaris (Nairobi City County, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I know you called my Question when I was not here. I apologise. We have a delegation from China and I had asked a question to the delegation and I had to wait for the answer. It would have...

Hon. Esther Passaris (Nairobi City County, ODM) Hon. Speaker, you know we bring these Questions because we changed the Standing Orders for cabinet secretaries to come to the House. It will be such a shame that I am in the House, but I cannot ask a very important Question, as...

Hon. Esther Passaris (Nairobi City County, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I rise to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Education the following Question: Could the Cabinet Secretary–

Hon. Esther Passaris (Nairobi City County, ODM) Thank you, Cabinet Secretary, through the Speaker. I recently took a young girl who had not gone to school because her parents had no money to buy uniforms. This was a public school in Nairobi County. The cost of mattresses, blankets and everything...