Consolata Nabwire Wakwabubi

Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for this opportunity. I also take this opportunity to welcome Cabinet Secretary Ruku and the team to the Senate. You have presented your responses, and one that caught my eye was the NYS having a roadmap to mount a diverse portfolio of enterprises for different sectors....

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. My name is Consolata Nabwire Wakwabubi. I would like to contribute to this Motion about installing Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras in police stations, police cells and desks. This is a very essential tool, to enhance safety and also deter criminal activities,...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for according me this opportunity to contribute to the Motion. Most of the issues have been tackled, but I have a rider to what the four Senators have presented. One is concerning the monetary stipend. There is also a need for us to support...

Sen. Hamida.

Sen. Osotsi has presented something on the Constitution; what the Constitution envisaged about public participation. I would like to put the quotations right. For example, we have Article 118 that talks about public access and participation in Parliament. Article 196 talks about public participation in county assemblies and Article 201...

participation and participatory democracy. It cites Articles 96, 174 and 21. For some of us who are lawyers, time and again, our courts of law have made many pronouncements on the importance of public participation. However, by and large, it is us, parliamentarians, who have been a let down to...

our various Ministries? Let us not make it look like we are shifting the obligation from the respective entities to us. Remember the court said that the person who bears the responsibility of ensuring that there is effective public participation is the body that wants to benefit from the proposed...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to contribute to this Motion by the Majority Leader, Sen. Aaron Cheruiyot. I happened to pay my maiden visit under the Committee on National Cohesion, Equal Opportunity and Regional Integration yesterday. I concur with the rest of the speakers that there...

we focus so much on implementation by pushing the relevant ministries or authorities to make it happen.I was at the border and let me not quote what the Senator talked of trying to cry. I will not cry. A woman will always remain strong. She has the tenacity as a...

Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity. I take this opportunity to congratulate all my brothers and sisters, those who are alive and those who are gone, for their contributions to our nation and also to the great county of Busia. I know you have said that the list...

Asante, Bw. Spika. Swali langu kwa Waziri ni hili: inakuwaje majengo mapya yanajengwa kwa mashule ilhali shule ambazo zimekuwa kutoka kitambo ziko katika hali ambayo imedorora? Nitakupa mfano wa shule ya Jamvi La Wageni, Likoni na Shule ya Peleleza. Watoto kutoka Pwani wanaendelea kupata majibu duni na bado tunakubali Hazina...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am guided.

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. My question is on the low retention and school dropouts, especially in Bungoma County, which is due to abject poverty, menstrual hygiene and many other related cases. I would like to ask the CS, Bwana Migos, to substantiate the fact about the implementation of...

Could you submit that budget in the next two weeks? The Cabinet Secretary for Tourism and Wildlife (Hon. Rebecca Miano) : Yes, Madam Temporary Speaker. The next question was on the partnership we have with sportsmen and sportswomen to promote tourism. Currently, we have arrangements with the sportsmen and sportswomen...

Madam Temporary Speaker, I am guided, although it was the same.

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I submit.

Madam Temporary Speaker, it was on territorial integrity, the safeguards put in place by the Ministry.

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity. I also want to contribute towards the report of the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget on cash disbursement schedule. I have observed the following. If you look at backdating of cash disbursement, you will realise that it curtails budget implementation...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.52 (1) to make a Statement on a matter of national pride and general topical concern namely, Kenya's extraordinary achievements at two of the most prestigious international sporting events, the 2025 Berlin Marathon and the 28th edition of the World Athletics...

To swear, Mr. Speaker, Sir.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. (Applause) COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE CHAIR WELCOME TO SEN. CONSOLATA NABWIRE WAKWABUBI AND OTHER GUESTS