Beth Mugo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 691 to 700 of 977.

• 29 Apr 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for the opportunity to support this Motion. Let me on the onset, congratulate the Minister and his team for the Supplementary Estimates and the manner in which that Ministry has been managed for sometime now. We are proud to see that since 2003 when the NARC Government came to power, we have managed our Budget. The economic growth in our country has been well managed. There has been good discipline and that is how we have been able to pay for the Free Primary Education Programme. We have also been able to pay ... view
• 29 Apr 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we cannot collect enough taxes to pay for all our needs. For example, I would like to implore the Minister that there are certain areas, especially health, education, infrastructure, food security and water that unless we can give enough money, our country cannot develop. I am thinking of the current threat of Swine Flu that has now broken out in certain countries including Mexico and which we are trying to put surveillance mechanisms to be alert to keep that disease out of our borders. Our border health facilities need a lot of upgrading, equipment and ... view
• 22 Apr 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to strongly oppose this list. view
• 22 Apr 2009 in National Assembly: We cannot continue paying lip service to democracy. It is part of democracy to make equitable representation. It is part of the Government’s policy to ensure that 30 per cent of people in any institution are women. This House comprises many women. There are only four women out of 21 Members. It is not only ridiculing Kenyan women but it is also showing a nation which has been left behind by other nations in the world, as far as democracy and respect for women is concerned. We protest strongly, as women Members of this House, against being paid lip service ... view
• 24 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity to support the Motion on the Floor, mainly because I think this House has worked very well. We have seen all the Bills which have been passed which are more than we can remember in recent times. view
• 24 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Having said that, I think it is time for us to go back and take new instructions from our employers; our constituents, because there are many things we are hearing which they are not happy with. Since we represent them, it is only fair that we should be ready to represent them seriously. They include, hunger which is gripping the country. We must encourage our people to plant but we must also avail them fertilisers. I want to appeal to the Ministry of Agriculture to make sure that fertilisers and seeds are in plenty. Even in areas where people are ... view
• 24 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is also time for us to visit one another and preach peace in different areas. I am especially concerned about the areas where we still have IDPs who have not returned back to their homes. I want to urge the leaders in those areas to really put special interest to see that there are no more camps in their areas and that people are living in harmony and even for us to visit them. view
• 24 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: I would like to assure Mr. Nkaisserry that some of us visited the countryside. There is a purpose for community public health initiative which we have already launched in five provinces. I only have three provinces to go. I will be visiting, in fact, two other provinces because we will be in Nairobi this week. We will be launching this initiative. May I urge Members of Parliament to participate in those health committees in their constituencies so that they can guide the people to ensure that the money we are going to spend will go direct to the community level ... view
• 24 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, those communities will be working together with health extension officers and the health centres and dispensaries to decide on what the citizens want in terms of their health. They will seek to find out what is important for their health - is it maternity care or is it something else? They will also find out if it is medicine they require and so on. view
• 24 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: So, I want to urge hon. Members to find out from the health centres and dispensaries in their respective constituencies how they can support the health committees so that each household can get messages of help. They need to know, for example, how they can deal with simple cases of diarrhoea affecting children, information on HIV/AIDS, Malaria and sanitation. view