Beth Mugo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. Have you noticed that there are bottles of water all over the Floor of this august House? Hon. Members are walking on top of bottles. Mr. Bett almost fell down. Even the lids are all over. Could we go back to using glasses? view
• 4 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to issue a Ministerial Statement on Wild Polio Situation in the country which was requested by hon. Ethuro. view
• 4 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: On 9th February, 2009, a four year old child was suspected to have acute flaccid paralysis in Lopidik Hospital in Turkana North District. Samples taken and analysed at the Kenya Medical Research Institute and also at the regional polio Reference Laboratory in South Africa on 17th February, 2009 were confirmed to be polio. It was the first Kenyan case to be confirmed of wild polio virus type I in Turkana North District. This virus was linked to wild polio virus circulating in Southern Sudan where there has been an ongoing polio outbreak since June, 2008 to date. More cases have ... view
• 4 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: The Disease Outbreak Investigation and Response Team from my Ministry have found that a combination of the following factors is responsible for the re-emergence of wild polio cases in Turkana region:- (i) Population movement between Southern Sudan and Turkana region through the porous border for business and pasture (ii) Low immunity due to the low immunization coverage of about 40 per cent for oral polio vaccine. (iii) Scarcity of clean drinking water due to the prolonged drought resulting in poor hygienic practices. (iv) Poor human waste disposal due low latrine coverage of about 40 per cent. The polio virus enters ... view
• 4 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do agree that it is a serious situation and that is why we have scaled up our surveillance. We are also carrying out extra vaccination campaigns in that region at a very high cost, as the hon. Member has rightly said, with co-operation from the WHO. view
• 4 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Regarding the water situation, my Ministry is always in consultation with the Ministry of Water and Irrigation and we have been assured that several dams or water boreholes are being dug in that region. We hope that, that will help us overcome that menace. view
• 4 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the biggest problem is our porous border. Most of the time this problem comes from across the border. To counter that, we are working closely with WHO so that we can synchronize the campaign for immunization. We do it at the same time with Southern Sudan, Ethiopia and our other neighbours. As far as the coverage is concerned, that is the use of toilet, I really want to appeal to my colleagues here, that my Ministry is very vocal on this and we use the provincial administration to help us make sure that all homesteads ... view
• 29 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am pleased to second the Vote on the Ministry of Education. I would like to congratulate the Minister, the Assistant Ministers, the Permanent Secretary and his entire team for a job well done. We have seen our education sector grow from strength to strength, and in particular, from the time the Free Primary Education (FPE) programme was introduced. It is a success story. This was followed by supported secondary education. Kenya is envied by many countries in this region. I can authoritatively say that we are among the very few countries that offer free ... view
• 29 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: With those remarks, I beg to second. view
• 28 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move:- view