Cleophas Wakhungu Malalah

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Mar 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I stand here to vehemently and passionately support and second this Motion. I support this Motion not only because we want to adjourn this House, but also because this is a time of need for this country. We need to reflect on our level of preparedness as a country. view
• 17 Mar 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to be more specific on our level of preparedness at the county level. As we adjourn this House, it is important that as Hon. Members of this House, who are mandated to represent counties, we retreat to our respective counties and ensure that we have high levels of preparedness at the county level. view
• 17 Mar 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, yesterday, I had an opportunity to make an impromptu visit to the Kakamega County General Teaching and Referral Hospital just to ascertain their level of preparedness. We have seen county governments trying to come up with isolation centers. I want to confirm that Kakamega County General Teaching and Referral Hospital has an isolation center. However, the big question is: As we are focusing on county referral hospitals or Level 4 Hospitals, what about Level 3 and Level 2 Hospitals? view
• 17 Mar 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the level of preparedness must trickle down to the primary healthcare facilities at the grassroots. I am afraid that the first line that we will interact with the cases of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) will be at grassroots level. Therefore, it is important that as we prepare to handle this menace, we also prepare at grassroots level. view
• 17 Mar 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, apart from the rooms that have been set aside to isolate patients of COVID-19 in Kakamega, we have not seen the national Government bringing enough equipment to facilitate the treatment of COVID-19. As per yesterday, we had only received 10 Personal Protection Equipment (PPEs), which are meant to be used in the whole of Kakamega County. It surprises me that in a whole county where we have more than 100 facilities, we only have 10 PPEs. Therefore, it is important that as the national Government tries to curb this menace, it should also do it at grassroots ... view
• 17 Mar 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, when it comes the issue of dissemination of relevant information to our people, I was having a chat with one of the doctors and nurses in Kakamega and realized that they do not have information regarding this disease. They have not been trained on how they will handle such cases. Mr. Speaker, Sir, yesterday, we had a boda boda operator in Kakamega who got into the hospital and said that he had been coughing for a while and had fever. When he tried to cough, all the doctors ran away because they did not know how to ... view
• 17 Mar 2020 in Senate: Everywhere you go, on the corridors, you will meet an officer giving you a sanitizer. Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. has been walking with two sanitisers since morning. I appreciate the fact that we are privileged, but what about that common mwananchi in the village? Do they know the essence of a sanitiser? Do they have the privilege of accessing sanitisers? It is, therefore, my humble submission that county governments ensure that villagers access sanitizers and any equipment that will protect them from this virus. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we need to suspend some of the existing rules that we have, especially ... view
• 17 Mar 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am told that we already have three cases which have been confirmed. However, I want to believe that, that is the end of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). It will end at those three patients. I wish them a quick recovery and assure them that as country, we stand and pray for them. I passionately support this Motion to adjourn, so that we retreat to our constituencies and be with our people. I supported the idea of burying people immediately they die. However, we should not allow this situation to deteriorate our cultural fabric. In Western Kenya, we ... view
• 10 Mar 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. On behalf of my family and the people of Kakamega County, I want to express my heartfelt condolences to the family of the late hon. Dori. I received this news when I was in Kakamega and must say that this was very sad news for us to lose one of our colleagues. However, I would like to encourage the family to hold tight on the rope of hope. It is only our Lord in heaven who will comfort them. As a leadership, I would like to remind this House that in the Holy Book, the ... view
• 10 Mar 2020 in Senate: May his soul rest in eternal peace. 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