Farhiya Ali Haji

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Jul 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this important Bill. I wish to thank Sen. (Dr.) Zani for sponsoring this Bill. We always say that prevention is better than cure. That means that community health workers are very important because they take care of the element of prevention by creating awareness of certain diseases and ailments in the community. This includes pandemics like that of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). The importance of community health workers cannot be overemphasized. In some of the counties we come from, before devolution, these were the only people the ... view
• 6 Jul 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
• 6 Jul 2021 in Senate: If the health workers were empowered through a developed curriculum, the selection criteria clearly identifies that they would be able to ensure that pandemics like the COVID-19 do not spread. People understand their vernacular. They can speak to the people directly, even those who do not have an education. They will, therefore, make them understand the dangers of the elements. Even disease like cholera used to be taken care of by the community health workers. view
• 6 Jul 2021 in Senate: As we improve our health system, it looks like the public health that was properly served by our community health workers is being neglected. That means it increases the risk of pandemics and diseases like cholera, measles and communicable diseases. They will spread easily without them. I hope that this Bill also has a requirement to harmonize the incentives for these people. People in Wajir County do not feel like they are being paid by small incentives as compared to Nairobi. The clear selection criteria that is mentioned in the Bill will go a long way in getting qualified people ... view
• 6 Jul 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
• 6 Jul 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, as I said earlier, the selection process is very important to ensure that there is harmonization of who comes as a health worker. In the absence of that, those who are close to the governor or those who were one of his campaign managers find themselves on the payroll in the name of community health workers even when they have no clue. The curriculum development and training of community health workers is important so that there is standardization of how they engage the community and what kind of information they can disseminate. It is critical because in ... view
• 6 Jul 2021 in Senate: Nowadays, there are a lot of drugs within our community. There are a lot of drugs that are found within our border of Wajir on the other side of Ethiopia. These drugs normally find their way into Wajir. As a result, there are rampant cases of drug abuse especially bhang. There is nobody to educate our youth on the dangers of using these drugs. Nowadays, we have a lot of rape cases in Wajir County as a result of abusing those drugs. Rape cases used to be there in the past, but they were fewer. Nowadays because of drug abuse, ... view
• 17 May 2021 in Senate: I just want to make a clarification that I was not part of that Committee that was looking into the impeachment of Gov. Waiguru. I want the record to be straight. view
• 17 May 2021 in Senate: I just want to make a clarification that I was not part of that Committee that was looking into the impeachment of Gov. Waiguru. I want the record to be straight. view
• 11 May 2021 in Senate: I vote yes. view