Ezekiel Machogu Ombaki

All parliamentary appearances

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• 31 May 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The Question is very clear. I beg to reply. (a) Mr. Speaker, Sir, and all the Hon. Members, after the unfortunate events at Mukumu Girls High School, I personally visited the school on the 15th April, 2022 to assess the situation. I had a discussion with the school community and the local readership on the matter. view
• 31 May 2023 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
• 31 May 2023 in Senate: (b) On the way forward, I constituted a multi-agency team, comprising of officers from the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Interior and National Administration, the Ministry of Health and the County Government of Kakamega, to look into the matter and make appropriate recommendations. We gave very clear Terms of Reference (ToR) to that team and the Regional Commissioner was the chairman of that particular team. Mr. Speaker, Sir, during that particular day, apart from constituting that team, I also had an opportunity of going to Kakamega Referral Hospital, where during that particular time, there were 11 admissions. I stayed ... view
• 31 May 2023 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
• 31 May 2023 in Senate: The Ministry has operationalized the water purifier dispensing unit in the school. This has guaranteed access to safe drinking water. The Hon. Member knows that on Saturday, 27th May, I was personally in Mukumu to commission this water system plus the water borehole that we have done for the school. Indeed, the cost of the water purifier machine is Kshs6 million. view
• 31 May 2023 in Senate: The Ministry has also sunk a new borehole in the school compound across the road. A pump has been installed and the water output is 8.12 cubic metres per minute. The supply is adequate for the school needs. The water spring and supply system has been disconnected from the main water supply of the school because part of the problem we found was that the water from the stream was contaminated and hence it caused the problems that we had in Mukumu Girls High School. view
• 31 May 2023 in Senate: The third measure we, as Ministry, have taken was to make an order that the contaminated food which was in the store amounting to 73 tonnes of cereals; maize, rice and beans to be destroyed. I am here to confirm that the contaminated food was destroyed at Bamburi Cement Factory in Mombasa under the supervision of the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA). The Mombasa facility was used because the nearby facilities have small capacities and could have taken at least 70 days to destroy the volume in question. view
• 31 May 2023 in Senate: New suppliers have been procured to supply foodstuff. We are ensuring that we are doing proper checking to ensure that whatever food is consumed in the school is of proper quality and does not have any such contamination. The kitchen, bakery and dining hall have been refurbished. We have done painting and fitting of aluminum sheets on all dining hall tables. Food handlers are medically checked after every four months. For now, as at the time I went to school on Saturday, I personally witnessed that they had been given certificates giving them a clean bill of health to handle ... view
• 31 May 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also realized that there is asbestos iron sheets all over the school which is not so good. We have given this school Kshs10 million for the purpose of renovating dormitories and removing the asbestos roofs on some of the buildings to ensure that the learners are in a good general environment that is clean and healthy. view
• 31 May 2023 in Senate: To avert the risk of potential consumption of contaminated food and water in schools, the Ministry is in consultation with the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) to conduct regular food and water tests across schools in the country. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Ministry of Education, together with the Ministry of Health, the County Government of Kakamega and other partners such as the Red Cross, has been providing counselling services to students, teachers, support staff and parents in the school. The counselling services will remain in place to ensure that the mental well-being of the learners and the general school community ... view