Dr. Christopher Andrew Langat

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Sep 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I join you in welcoming our children, the pupils from Nairobi County to the Senate. We love them. This House will continue to protect them and make sure that their welfare as pupils is well taken care of. Concerning the Kimwarer and Arror projects, I want to mention a few things. First of all, I have been following it seriously. When we put it into context historically, it is very funny that these projects were proposed by the Government about 30 years ago. I understand that even the feasibility study that was used for Kimwarer ... view
• 26 Sep 2019 in Senate: the one which was done 28 years ago. When you check on these projects and see the delays that have taken place, you cannot avoid thinking that the idea of the cancellation of the Kimwarer project is more political than the reality on the ground. It is very unfortunate that we can politicize very important projects that are aimed at solving problems that have been facing people since time immemorial. Madam Temporary Speaker, if you go to that place, you will never fail to sympathize with the people living there. These people travel up to 300 kilometres to get water. ... view
• 19 Sep 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker Sir. May I also join you in welcoming the students who are in the Gallery to this particular great House. Secondly, I also stand to support the Statement from Sen. (Dr.) Ali particularly on the support of the students. I remember two months ago, some students from Garissa University and Egerton University got an exchange programme to study some agricultural courses in Israel. Those who came from Garissa had so many problems at Nyayo House. I do not know the person who directed them to our office. When I went there, I realized that they had ... view
• 19 Sep 2019 in Senate: I support this particular Statement. There was a time in Eldoret when we were not getting these passports. We used to be referred to Kisumu. Today, they are issuing passports in Eldoret. Therefore, I wonder why there is no issuance of passports in these other areas. It is very cumbersome to travel for 680 Kilometers to come for a passport; it is not comfortable. I support this Statement and urge the committee that will take up this matter to do it seriously and bring this particular situation into control. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 19 Sep 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I will be very brief. I want to say that this is very ridiculous. We have been moving all over this county. When we went to the hospitals, it was very sad to note that there is no medicine. We were in a certain polytechnic with the Chairperson and we realised that three students were sleeping on one bed. It is so congested. I think that prison is better than what we saw. They have never received anything from the county government and yet we have been giving out money from the Senate to support Early Childhood ... view
• 19 Sep 2019 in Senate: We hear that the governors are dilly-dallying and failing to account for the money we have given them and yet their counties are suffering. Some hospitals are being closed because of lack of medicine and equipment. We want to tell the citizens of Machakos and Makueni counties that their governors have failed to account how they have been spending money to given to them on your behalf by the national Government. The guilty ones are always afraid. They have run away from the truth, but we shall follow them and bring them to Nairobi. Why should they fear goons? Goons ... view
• 18 Sep 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I do not want to repeat what other Senators have said. However, I have noted that another challenge that Sen. Khaniri should also include is that there are some assets that are under-valued in revenue collection. For instance, in my county and Kericho County we have huge tea plantations but when you check what is collected from them, it is very low. Therefore, we would like to ask the Members of County Assemblies to come up with Bills on the re-evaluation of some assets so that they may increase taxation on them. Some counties ... view
• 18 Sep 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 18 Sep 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this chance to second this very important Motion to establish an ad hoc Committee to investigate and manage the equipment services. This is a very important Motion, because as we know very well, health is a devolved function and it is squarely within our mandate. That equipment has become a great problem to our counties. The Council of Governors (COGs) had even complained and raised a serious matter on this. They said that they were not involved in the procurement process; there was no basic assessment to establish the priority or ... view
• 18 Sep 2019 in Senate: It is interesting that the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for Health still thinks that health is a function of the national Government. I want to cite a situation where last week the CS came to my county accompanied by Members of the Committee on Health of the National Assembly. I was not involved, but later on when I heard about it, I went to the meeting. When she was launching this particular equipment, it was unfortunate that the doctors who were supposed to come and assist in the use of this equipment--- One of them was actually cancer equipment facility. We ... view