21 Jun 2022 in Senate:
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21 Jun 2022 in Senate:
I hope that the next Senate, the 13th Parliament, will allow liberals to also thrive in this House. The tenure of Senators should not be synonymous with the surrender of liberals. Those who are passionate in defense of the Constitution, human rights and ensuring that there is fairness, must be given room to thrive in this House. With other Members of the Justice Legal Affairs and Human Rights Committee, we pride ourselves for having stood firm and tabled a Report before this House, in defense of the six judges who have never been appointed by the President. The Judicial Service ...
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16 Jun 2022 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I second.
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16 Jun 2022 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I second.
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16 Jun 2022 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I second.
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16 Jun 2022 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I second.
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15 Jun 2022 in Senate:
Madam Deputy Speaker, I join other Senators in applauding Sen. Iman for raising this very important issue that touches on health. This Senate is almost re-writing the Book of Lamentations. Each week, Senators come here raising issues of concern and the health of people we represent in our counties. I was here three weeks ago seeking a Statement about a young 19-year-old woman, who died at Gesima Health Center, while seeking help to birth a child. Both the child and mother died. Madam Deputy Speaker, Kenyans pushed for devolution of heath services, expecting that governors who would be chief executives ...
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15 Jun 2022 in Senate:
governors are not moved or touched; they do not care. The situation is virtually the same in all counties. That is why some of us who belong to Azimio la Umoja–One Kenya Coalition hope that the Babacare agenda of the Rt. Hon. Raila Odinga can change the situation. I was personally born in a public hospital. I received all my vaccinations in that public health centre and that is where I used to go for treatment. The first time I got treatment outside Nyamira was when I joined the University of Nairobi (UoN). That was the first time I sought ...
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15 Jun 2022 in Senate:
Nowadays, if you do not have means of seeking treatment in a private health facility, it is like you are destined to die, and that is bad. We need to rethink whether it was wise to devolve health services to counties. When you go to hospital, a doctor prescribes medicine for you. However, you are asked to buy drugs from some pharmacy out there. Often times, the medicine that is supposed to be in public health facilities is sold in private pharmacies. It is sad. In a country where people survive on less than a Dollar, the majority of Kenyans ...
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15 Jun 2022 in Senate:
Madam Deputy Speaker, I would like to go on record as the Senator for Nyamira that there is a big problem when it comes to issues of receiving treatment and getting medicine from public health facilities. It is a big problem and I hope we can do something to turn this around. I support.
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