ON 6TH JUNE, 2002 - ConstitutionNet

kaimathey waxa ladixi othey yasha iyo chiefafka markey isracan dhadki mesha kudashey yaladixi qorya kena. Dhadkas intu
qorya kakenaya athow mel kaley kaimathey oiskadintey ya magalathi largusha.marka diwatatha ini nalagathayo qof xathi laxiro
ama jitki xathu goo pollista dhadkik iska tag tagna bey iskaxirxirani, markas wexey rabta dhadki ini lacag laguso furto marka
qofki masakinta eh maxu iskusofurani kara.
Translator: Whenever people are killed the residents are harassed and asked to produces guns, if I am a resident of Dadaab
where will I bring a gun from? The refugees are having guns, they have access to other weapons and we are being harassed
because of them. She is also saying any relief which is brought here, the poor people are not given a chance, the women are
not given chances, they are not committee members to any relief committee, they are also not representing women and districts
and locational meetings, women are not recognised.
Interjection: Just a minute.
Mariam Ali: I am called Mariam Ali and I want to say some few points according to the way we have got the Constitution
today though this people from Dadaab have said some few things I wanted to say, I don’t want to commit myself. Now what I
am saying is that the Constitution should have to recognize women organization and yet we have no development at all. At the
same time this people of Dadaab, I know most of them are not educated and they don’t understand how things go on but most
of the problems that we are facing we are getting from the chiefs at the same time with the chiefs they are not including women,
even elders they are not including women.
We have no gender equality in our area and women are not recognized maybe we are not like other Kenyans, that we cannot
access anything on top of that. All I can say is I want the Constitution to recognize women to give them priorities whenever
they go to the seminars or to be given an idea here or whatever happens about the development of the area like Maendeleo ya
Wanawake. We are also contesting now, I want now to give the women here in Dadaab, I want to contest as a councilor, just
give them an advice to become united for themselves so that can be given a very strong support from the commissions.
All in all, maybe in medical side about health facility and whatever they have talked about the education. I have no more else to
say apart from that. About the education of Kenya and our children when they are learning whenever they are finishing their
school they are not getting any jobs, the agencies who are here now are not giving us a priority to employ our children, that is
why our children and people are getting a lot of problems due to maybe banditry cases and whatever. There are rape are cases
which exist in our area and nobody is taking care of, the NGOs are only concerned about the refugees but not the local
community most of the times. Our women have problems and we have to be given a priority of gender sensitivity, equality in
our area. And this maybe the madam has come to oversee the women of Dadaab and to be given at least Maendeleo ya
Wanawake to be there and to make strong support out of that. Thank you.
Noio Ali Mahmoud: Aniga Dadab sagal sana ban fadiya rer bathiya ya axa wan xola beley waxan meshan oguimathey dhad
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