Muthoni Esther Passaris

Hon. Esther Passaris (Nairobi City County, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, but I cannot be ignorant of what happened in my county yesterday and in the country at large. As legislators and representatives of the people, it would be remiss of me not to offer condolences to all the...

Hon. Esther Passaris (Nairobi City County, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the Bill on entrenching NG-CDF, NGAAF and create a Senate Oversight Fund as well. The first thing I have to say is that, I regret what happened in Nairobi City...

Hon. Esther Passaris (Nairobi City County, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I extend my condolences to all the families who lost their loved ones and wish those in the hospital a quick recovery. I would like to address the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) regarding their necessary actions. The Penal...

Hon. Esther Passaris (Nairobi City County, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support the Bill, but also urge this House to strengthen it. Concerns raised by Hon. Keynan are genuine and must be addressed. We have seen, first-hand, what happens when digital finance operates without oversight. Crypto...

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. 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) 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) 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) Article 26 (4) of the Constitution permits abortion.

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) Sorry, this is burning because the public needs to know this. You talk about the website and Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) *147#. As Esther Passaris, I have never gotten my membership online because it gives me a lot of problems. Is there...

Hon. Esther Passaris (Nairobi City County, ODM) Yes, but there are no guidelines that have been issued for those stringent circumstances. The courts have pronounced themselves on that issue and said that the emotional, physical and social state of the mother are supposed to be considered. There is a live...

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 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) 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.