Sylvia Mueni Kasanga

What is your point of order, Sen. Orengo? the car, as I was coming. I can tell you that it was a good and powerful Speech. Your passion came out very clearly for the task that is at hand. I can only wish you well and Godspeed. Indeed, we have...

I had said ‘finally,’ but I can see the Whip, Sen. Wamatangi.

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You are really working hard to convince the Speaker. (Laughter) Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I take this opportunity to congratulate Sen. (Dr.) Ali on the Health (Amendment) Bill, 2020.

Thank you, Sen. Kasanga. The next opportunity is for Sen. Murkomen.

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. This is a very important Bill for us to discuss this afternoon. This is a subject that I am very much familiar with, having been part and parcel of the discussion around the establishment of the institution of devolution. In fact, if there is a...

Public Service Commission and the Public Service Commission at National level will provide an advisory role to the counties when it comes to human resource matters that are related to the counties.If you look at the structure that we have, unfortunately we cannot manage county functions at the national level....

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise pursuant to Standing Order 47 increased spate of violence prompted the deployment of the military for the first time during an electoral process.Mr. Speaker, Sir, elections in Zambia are held every five years on the second Thursday of August. Therefore, the elections took...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Reports on Petitions on the Table of the Senate today, 15th September, 2021- PRIMARY SCHOOL BY A PRIVATE DEVELOPER appreciation to the petitioners, the Cabinet Secretaries (CSs)and stakeholders in their submissions.

of Urban and Rural Physical Planning and addressed to the school be reverted to the school with immediate effect.

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Madam Temporary Speaker, thank you for giving me an opportunity to make my contributions to this Motion. I will commence by congratulating Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve for extending sympathy in her work to victims of cancer and people who are suffering from cancer and to remind us that we are all...

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Madam Deputy Speaker, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No. 48 (1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations, regarding the rampant cases of police brutality, extra-judicial killings and mob justice in the country. In the Statement, the Committee should address the...

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for also giving me this opportunity. Thank you for also giving us time to eulogize our friend and colleague. Once again, I wish to extend my deepest condolences to the family of the late Sen. Prengei. I had an opportunity to be at the funeral...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for allowing me to weigh in on this Petition. I thank Sen. Khaniri for being the conduit of bringing this Petition to this House. We have dealt with similar cases in the Committee Land, Environment and Natural Resources. Without a doubt, land issue is...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No. 48 (1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Labour and Social Welfare regarding the alleged abusive treatment of Persons living with Disability (PwDs) by human traffickers. In this Statement, the Committee should address the following-

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Madam Deputy Speaker, I beg to give Notice of the Motion- THAT, AWARE THAT according to the World Health Organization, globally 10 per cent of pregnant women and 13 per cent of women who have just given birth experience a mental condition, referred to as perinatal depression, which is higher...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity to add my voice. I thank Sen. Kwamboka for this amendment. A lot has been said but these are some of the things you wonder that they have to be put in legislation because there has been precedence. We are all children...

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Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order 47 (1) to make a statement on the Kenya Mental Health Action Plan (2021-2025) . Kenya was ranked sixth with the highest number of depression cases among African countries by a 2017 WHO report. The report further stated that in Kenya,...

On a point of information, Mr. Speaker, Sir. It was actually brought to my attention by the chairperson of the Committee on Health and that is why I raised the Statement to commend the current 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 budget that we finally have budgets for mental health. This is part...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.47 (1) to make a Statement on an issue of general topical concern namely, the activities of the Forum of Parliaments for Member States of the International Conference of the Great Lakes Region (FP-ICGLR) for 2020. Kenya is a member of...