Senator Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Jun 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, on behalf of our colleagues, I wish to extend a warm welcome to the visiting delegation from the Parliament of Sierra Leone. I had the opportunity to meet them earlier when they were touring the Parliament facilities. I wish them well in their tour and all that they seek to achieve, especially in terms of understanding the operations of the Parliament of Kenya. I look forward to meeting them in other future engagements. view
• 11 Jun 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I would like to continue making my contribution, something that I gladly did for a few minutes when this Bill last came to the House. I hope that I will remember all the salient points that I had jotted down that The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 11 Jun 2019 in Senate: particular afternoon because it was a very interesting debate. We had begun an exchange that clearly justified the Bill. We all celebrated what Sen. Kasanga has done with the Bill especially in terms of ensuring that Members are properly prepared for this Bill on our social media platforms and other avenues where Senators congregate. Sen. Kasanga sent information and very relevant data for us to read in preparation for this particular Bill. That is important and a point for us to pick out some of the things that we need to learn as we go about our duties in this ... view
• 11 Jun 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, Section Five in of this Bill is very important to me because under Clause 2(c), it proposes the duties and the things that the national Government must do one of which is to provide the necessary resources for provision of mental health care and treatment at national referral health facilities. Madam Temporary Speaker, as a country we are trying to increase the number of national referral health facilities. We hope that the passage of this Bill will make it mandatory for the Government to expand the number of mental health clinics and health facilities. Madam Temporary Speaker, ... view
• 11 Jun 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, let our county governments ensure that even if you cannot construct a clinic at the county referral hospitals, let there be a department where patients facing this kind of condition can seek and find solace in. Yesterday there were reports that a gentleman who was facing the kind of tribulations that we are discussing in this Bill slaughtered his entire family; young children together with his wife. This confirms to you that perhaps even the statistics that Prof. Ongeri was quoting to us might be more compared to the challenges and life pressures that people continue to ... view
• 11 Jun 2019 in Senate: Patients also do not have to come to any of the national health referral facilities to access these services. Part II of the Bill talks about the rights of the persons with mental illness and it is quite interesting. Our Bill of Rights is celebrated and hailed as one of the most progressive in the world. Every time we are drafting our Bills what we need to learn from Sen. Kasanga is that we should remember each and every figment and fragment of society to ensure that mentally ill patients have rights which ought to be respected as defined in ... view
• 11 Jun 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, that is why I support this Bill 100 percent. We are now making it mandatory by law that they are allowed to fully participate in affairs of the community in any suitable position based on a person’s interests and capabilities. We shall not be able to go to a function and say: “I cannot listen to you”. Some of these people have been known to help even at times when you least expect. Madam Temporary Speaker, in this country, power usually shifts back to the true owners after every five years. When politicians retreat back to the ... view
• 6 Jun 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, the Chairperson of the Committee on Education is finally here. I was worried when we were making our contribution and I could not spot him in the House. However, now that he is here, I will make my comments very brief. As leaders, we must never lose the thought of what it feels like to be an ordinary citizen. It is unfortunate that somebody cursed us in Africa. The people that are supposed to be solving problems create private solutions to public problems. If there is traffic jam on the roads, the people who are supposed to ... view
• 6 Jun 2019 in Senate: On a point of information, Madam Temporary Speaker. view
• 6 Jun 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, l would like to inform the Chairperson that earlier on before he came in, Sen. Pareno did report that in follow up to that Petition, what the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of TSC promised the Committee is not accurate information. She has made the phone calls and has confirmed that it is completely untrue. She actually misled your Committee. Sen. Pareno is back to her position maybe she would better inform the Chairperson. view