Getrude Musuruve Inimah

Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you for giving me the opportunity to join you in welcoming the MCAs from Kilifi County. I would like to inform the MCAs that Sen. Madzayo is their defender in this House because he is very keen on issues that concern Kilifi...

Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve Mr. Speaker, Sir, the MCAs should also be engaged in public participation. Sometimes, the local ‘mwananchi’ is not aware of what is happening, but the MCAs can give them true information. I encourage the MCAs to come up with a development agenda for their counties which will...

Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. As we commemorate the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) that is marked every year on 3rd December globally, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.47-- - December 3, 2019 SENATE DEBATES 3

Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve

Sen. (Dr.) Musuruvecountries worldwide and ratified – that is made legally binding - by 177 countries. State parties at the Convention recognized that disability is an evolving concept and that disability results from the interaction between persons with impairments and attitudinal and environmental barriers that hinder their full and effective...

What is your point of order, Sen. Wario?

Mr. Speaker Sir, the hon. Member on the Floor is debating her Statement. Could you give us the way forward please?

Senator, could you summarize and conclude? Sen. (Dr.) MusuruveMr. Speaker, Sir, indeed, if the cyclic nature of maltreatment of PWDs and their generation is to come to a stop, Kenya must make a deliberate move to ensure that PWDs are productive members of the society. Political parties must be hawk-eyed...

Sen. Shiyonga. She is not there. Proceed, Sen. Sakaja.

Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to support this Motion. The Pan African Parliament is very important for us, especially because of issues of leaders engaging with one another. For instance, there are many pertinent issues that leaders can exchange through the PAP...

Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker Sir, for giving me this opportunity to support this Motion. I thank the delegation that represented Kenya at the UN Conference on Climate Change. Climate change is an issue that is affecting Africa as a whole, and we cannot ignore it. That...

Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to support this Motion. Water is important. In fact, plants and animals need it to survive. No animal on earth can survive without water. For example, people can survive without food, but they cannot survive without...

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Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve Order! Members, let us listen to Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve. November 27, 2019 SENATE DEBATES 25

Proceed, Senator. Sen. (Dr.) Musuruvewill bring it to the floor of this House.This is because I know that the Senate is a House of reason and so issues of disability--- (Loud consultations)

Order! Members, let us listen to Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve. Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir for your intervention. It is important for us to have a county and even national conversation concerning PWDs. Many times PWDs are discriminated in national conversations. I represent PWDs in this House...

Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve(Loud consultations)

Actually, Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve, it is Sen. Kinyua who was absent minded. We do not have to check the HANSARD; the Speaker was very alert and, in fact, nodded. He would not have not nodded if you said what Sen. Kinyua is talking about. Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve

November 27, 2019 SENATE DEBATES 27 Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve Well done, Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve, for those very passionate and moving remarks. I concur with you entirely and, as they say, I have nothing useful to add. Proceed, Sen. Cherargei. I hope that you are still in your reformed element. (Loud...

Order, hon. Members. Order, Sen. Cherargei. Proceed Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve. You are doing a good job. Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like them to hear my voice. If they cannot hear my voice there, let them hear my voice here. When we are talking of inclusivity...

Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve Hon. Senators, for the convenience of the House and pursuant to Standing Order No.31 (2) , it is now time to adjourn the House. November 27, 2019 SENATE DEBATES 49 Sen. (Dr.) MusuruveThe Senate, therefore, stands adjourned until tomorrow, Thursday, 28th November, 2019 at 2.30 p.m.The Senate...

Thank you, Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve. You are very passionate about the PWDs’ issue and it is not news to this House. We thank you. You are the best person to represent them. Hon. Senators, I have considered the Motion and pursuant to Article 123 (2) and Standing Order No. 79...

Hon. Senators, for the convenience of the House and pursuant to Standing Order No.31 (2) , it is now time to adjourn the House. November 27, 2019 SENATE DEBATES 50

The Senate, therefore, stands adjourned until tomorrow, Thursday, 28th November, 2019 at 2.30 p.m.The Senate rose at 6.15 p.m. November 27, 2019 SENATE DEBATES 51

Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve Madam Temporary Speaker, I thank you for giving me the opportunity to ventilate on this Motion. I also thank Sen. (Dr.) Langat for bringing this Motion to the House. We have been experiencing heavy rainfall throughout the country. Therefore, we must address the issue of disaster preparedness...

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Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve Hon. Senators, it is now time to interrupt the business of the Senate. The Senate, therefore, stands adjourned until Tuesday, 26thNovember, 2019, at 2.30 p.m. The Senate rose at 6.35 p.m. November 21, 2019 SENATE DEBATES 58 Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve

November 21, 2019 SENATE DEBATES 59 Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve environment. Therefore, there is need to bring sanity in this country. For example, if a person wants to start a school, there should be regulations. For example, people should not start schools that do not have playing fields. Work without recreation...

Hon. Senators, I would like to interrupt Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve so as to invoke Standing Order 31 (2) to extend the sitting by three minutes after 6.30 p.m. to enable the Member to finalize. Please, finish because you have two minutes only. I will use the last one minute to...

Thank you Senator. Hon. Senators, I will now propose the question. (Question proposed) ADJOURNMENT

Hon. Senators, it is now time to interrupt the business of the Senate. The Senate, therefore, stands adjourned until Tuesday, 26thNovember, 2019, at 2.30 p.m. The Senate rose at 6.35 p.m. November 21, 2019 SENATE DEBATES 62

Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am sorry for the delay. I beg to give notice of the following Motion:- THAT, AWARE THAT sport has the unique ability to transcend linguistic, cultural and social barriers, making it an excellent platform for inclusion and adaptation of different...

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Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the issue of HELB has become controversial of late because we have been asking many questions about it. They renege whenever they see Statements. I heard that it was in the news, but it is wrong. The HELB is creating more problems. We...

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Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve Thank you, Sen. (Dr.) Milgo. The Mover is not here to reply to the Bill. I will, therefore, defer the reply by the Mover and putting of the question to Wednesday next week. (Putting of the Question on the Bill deferred) Let us move on to the...

Thank you, Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve for a very passionate contribution. Indeed, this is one matter that needs a lot of public sensitization. When it came to our Committee for public participation, we realised that we were very ill informed. People may confuse this for other issues like those of the...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, pursuant to Standing Order No.61

Thank you, Sen. (Dr.) Milgo. The Mover is not here to reply to the Bill. I will, therefore, defer the reply by the Mover and putting of the question to Wednesday next week. (Putting of the Question on the Bill deferred) Let us move on to the next Order. November...

Second Reading THE KENYAN SIGN LANGUAGE BILL (SENATE BILLS NO.15 OF 2019)

Hon. Senators, this Bill is jointly sponsored by Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve and Sen. (Prof.) Kamar. Who will move the Bill first? Would you like to move it together? You can share the time or one of you can move, while the other seconds. Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve Thank you, Mr. Temporary...

Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve, you have said something repeatedly. Please, clarify. When you say that Kiswahili has been removed from the syllabus, what do you mean? Is Kiswahili no longer being taught? Please, clarify that point. Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve: Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve: Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve:The KICD is mandated in developing the...

Okay, that is noted. Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, what is there is Kenya Sign Language (KSL) , but it is not in the curriculum. This Bill also speaks to the issues of KSL at the work place. The Bill suggests that there is need for organisations to...

On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir.

What is your point, Sen. Madzayo? Sen. (Dr.) MusuruveThe deaf already have a language problem. Therefore, it is the onus of the society to ensure that it helps them to get the dominant language. This is because they will not stay in school forever. At some point, they will be...

I will excuse you.

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I do not know whether my ears heard right. Were you referred to as a brother or father-in-law? Is that the true position?

Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve can qualify her statement on what she meant. Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve

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Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to join you in welcoming the MCA of Trans Nzoia in the House. I also thank you for giving me this opportunity to welcome the students from Strathmore University in the House. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir,...

Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve: Thank you. Sen. (Dr.) Mbito, proceed. Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. This Statement by Sen. Outa is very timely, because right now, something is very wrong with our Police Service. Such incidents are becoming rampant, given that just the other day, we had...

Thank you. Sen. (Dr.) Mbito, proceed.

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. This Statement by Sen. Outa is very timely, because right now, something is very wrong with our Police Service. Such incidents are becoming rampant, given that just the other day, we had an November 19, 2019 SENATE DEBATES 20

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Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I support this Bill.

Order, Senator. You have said that you are seconding, you are contributing to the debate. The Bill was seconded by Sen. Orengo. Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I support this Bill. November 19, 2019 SENATE DEBATES 61 Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve The intersex people go through a...

Order, Members. Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve, you will have a balance of 15 minutes when we resume debate on this. ADJOURNMENT

Hon. Senators, it is now 6.30 p.m., time to adjourn the House. The Senate, therefore, stands adjourned to tomorrow, Wednesday, 20th November, 2019, at 2.30 p.m. The Senate rose at 6.30 p.m. November 19, 2019 SENATE DEBATES 62

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Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to add my voice. I begin by congratulating the Senator for Bungoma County for coming up with this Statement. A long time ago, even when I was in school, I knew that exams were very good. During...

Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker Sir, for giving me this opportunity to support this Bill. This Bill is critical and has come at the right time; a time when parents are concerned that their girl child is not completing school. November 6, 2019 SENATE DEBATES 37 Sen....