3 Aug 2016 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you are still learning the ropes. You said: “The Member for Kibunguchy.” It is the Member for Likuyani, Dr. Kibunguchy. All the same, may I congratulate you for having been picked to join the Chairperson’s Panel?
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3 Aug 2016 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would like to support this Motion wholeheartedly because, as a medical doctor, I know that water is very important in our lives, especially in the lives of the very young amongst us. Kids love to play and run around, and it is very easy for them to pick up diseases without water in schools. We now have jiggers that have come back to us. We thought that jiggers were an infestation that was being gotten rid of, but it seems to be The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A ...
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3 Aug 2016 in National Assembly:
coming back in a very big way. We have diarrhoeal diseases that are associated with lack of water. In my view, this Motion is very important. I congratulate the Mover and ask that soon after we pass the Motion, he should translate it into a Bill so that it can be operational.
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3 Aug 2016 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, there are many aspects of water in schools. One of the important aspects is that we can get our children to learn farming. Some of them have not learnt farming very well. They can plant trees around schools. We can even go further to encourage most of our schools to keep poultry, dairy animals and even fish ponds. All those can supplement the income of schools and also supplement the school feeding programmes that are currently going on.
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3 Aug 2016 in National Assembly:
Finally, I know that in some incidences, it might not be easy to have piped water. We can have all aspects of collecting water in schools, including collecting water from rooftops, drilling boreholes within catchment areas in the neighbourhood of schools for use by both the schools and households within that neighbourhood, so that our women do not have to walk long distances in search of water for cooking and other household needs. If you were to ask me, I would say that, just like electricity, provision of water in schools should have been a bigger priority than being fixated ...
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3 Aug 2016 in National Assembly:
With those remarks, I beg to support.
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2 Aug 2016 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I join all my colleagues in saying that the Senate did a good job. Initially, I thought the Senate would come up with a volume of amendments. I also want to commend them for what they have done. In the original Bill, we were talking about “national forests”, but the Senate saw it fit to call it “public forests”. Public forests are defined in the Constitution. Let me say something about the Third Schedule. It is very contentious for some of us who come from areas where, for a long time, the former President Moi used ...
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2 Aug 2016 in National Assembly:
I agree with this amendment especially deleting the word “public” because it is a definition that is in the Constitution. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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2 Aug 2016 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I would like to zero in on paragraph (e) on the benefit which the applicant shall extend to the local community. This is something we have been talking about all the time. The local community must be considered first for a benefit that is within their area. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman.
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