Parliament moves to anchor the office First Lady in the law
Parliament urges the executive initiate a process of anchoring the Office of the First Lady in law
Parliament urges the executive initiate a process of anchoring the Office of the First Lady in law.
The Executive Office of the President has been asked to start the process of enshrining the Office of the First Lady in law by members of the Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Security of the National Assembly.
The House team claimed the change will help mainstream the office in the legislative and executive branches of government.
The recommendation was made by the committee headed by Gabriel Tongoyo to agencies under the Office of the President during a retreat in Mombasa County.
Members said that it was regrettable that there isn’t a parliamentary act supporting the Office’s taxpayer-funded programs.
“ I have been on this Committee for the last 10 years. During that period, we have been allocating funds for the programs under the Office of the President and that of the Deputy President. Recently, the Office of the Spouse of the Prime Cabinet Secretary was established. I think it’s time we have this office properly entrenched in the government structure”, noted Kaluma.
Chief of Staff at the Office of the First Lady Nancy Salamba, enlightened the Committee on some of the programs the Office is undertaking and which are geared towards promoting women’s economic empowerment through capacity building, financial inclusion, trade and market linkages.
Salamba told the Committee that the programs are targeting to reach over 1 million women across the country.
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She urged the Committee to consider allocating the Office more funds in the next budget to help mitigate the deficit in its budget.
The Office is also running a Prisoners’ Reform Program christened the Caracana among other programs aligned with the Bottom-up transformational agenda.
At the same time, the legislators have asked the Office to ensure the continuity of the Beyond Zero program that was spearheaded by the former First Lady, Margaret Kenyatta.
The Committee Members noted that it would be imperative that the Office continues running the program because since it is for the general welfare of its targeted beneficiaries.
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