Erick Okong'o Mogeni

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1711 to 1720 of 2536.

• 17 May 2021 in Senate: They gave us a chart to show improvement on their maternity; the status of maternal health care for its people. They also gave a mitigation on issues dealing with COVID-19. view
• 17 May 2021 in Senate: 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
• 17 May 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, they were not able to procure spare parts for their machine that broke down from South Africa due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The other allegation was that there is a medical practitioner who passed on due to lack of oxygen in the hospital. The defense in response to this allegation was given to the Committee by Dr. Dahir Somow who is the County Director of Health Services. He stated that the death was unfortunate and was not an exception for the County of Wajir. He did submit before the Committee that the county has over 122 health ... view
• 17 May 2021 in Senate: On the empirical evidence that was placed before us, it was the contention of the county government of Wajir that health had improved on antenatal clinics from 49.2 per cent in 2017 to 86.1 per cent in 2021. He also stated that there had been an increase in the number of children getting immunization for Diphtheria, Pertussis, and Tetanus (DPT) vaccines from a low of 62.7 per cent to 75 per cent. He also noted that in terms of skilled birth attendants, the ones that give birth at hospitals, they had increased from a low 19 per cent to a ... view
• 17 May 2021 in Senate: 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
• 17 May 2021 in Senate: discrimination, in that there are a number of governors that have appeared before the Senate with the violations touching on Article 43(1), but have gone scot-free. However, I want to invite the House to have a robust debate on this particular one. However, the Committee finally arrived on a finding to impeach His Excellency the Governor for Wajir County on this allegation, which is on count one allegation, number 15. We made other general observations that we felt should not reach this House that the MCAs should exercise their oversight role at the county level, including this case where there ... view
• 17 May 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you. I will be very brief. First, I thank all the Senators for their contributions, those who have spoken this evening including Sen. M. Kajwang’, Sen. (Dr.) Lang’at, Sen. Cheruiyot, Sen. (Dr.) Ochillo-Ayacko, Sen. Cherargei, Sen. Faki, Sen. Murkomen and the Senator of the County of Wajir, my good friend Sen. (Dr.) Ali. I have listened to all the issues that have been brought before us by the speakers who have spoken before me. The answer as to how people will vote is on page 131, the issue of the threshold. When I started moving this ... view
• 17 May 2021 in Senate: Kirinyaga and Taita Taveta County Government. I want to assure counsel for His Excellency the Governor, Mr. Ndegwa, that I did even speak on the issue of Article 37 because it is always good to accord equal rights under the law to each and every individual. As the Senators retreat to exercise their right to vote, this is a matter that they should think about very carefully. They should not be influenced by the report. They should look at it objectively and exercise their own constitutional right to vote. We have been told about this being a Pontius Pilate moment. ... view
• 17 May 2021 in Senate: We even asked, in terms of budget allocation from the national Government to counties, how much do you need so that you can promise counties that you have given them the highest attainable standards of health? We asked all those questions, and said that some may be beyond the Governor. This is because without the money, there is no way that the people can be assured of the highest attainable standards of health. view
• 17 May 2021 in Senate: I hear what Sen. M. Kajwang’ said. This may have a trickle effect. Again, as Senators, it is for us to decide what threshold we want to set. We said ourselves that so far, there are five pointers that a Committee or the House should consider before an impeachment. The allegations must be serious, substantial, and weighty. The violations must be vagrant and glaring. There must be as nexus, harm and loss of funds, and all these. view