Farhiya Ali Haji

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 901 to 910 of 1656.

• 28 Apr 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I thank the Committee and the CS for the Ministry of Health whom I did not have an opportunity of knowing but is doing a very good job under very difficult circumstances. Apart from the few hitches like the sacking of that person and the burial of the Siaya gentleman, overall, he is doing very well. I see a lot of opportunity in this pandemic in terms of how enterprising this country is. It is in such a way that right now, we are ... view
• 28 Apr 2020 in Senate: This country is not tapping into that. As long as electricity is expensive the way it is right now’, we will suffer from competition from other countries. This is because electricity is one of the essentials we need for manufacturing. Other than solar, we have rain water. There has been a lot of rain of late which we keep on wasting and it has been causing floods in communities instead of utilizing it to harness the hydroelectricity that we have access to. All these are these issues we need to have access to so that we become industrialized as a ... view
• 28 Apr 2020 in Senate: As my colleagues have mentioned, there are many counties that are not prepared for this pandemic. The Committee needs to fastrack inquiry into this matter. view
• 28 Apr 2020 in Senate: The other issue is on the media reports about Senegal mass producing testing kits. I think our economy will continue suffering as long we are on partial lockdown. Although we are not in total lockdown, there is a lot of economic loss. If we can give royalty of 50 per cent of what they are producing in Senegal, we can give them that royalty and then we can also help them to produce masks because we have a capacity to do so. That will be another way of ensuring that people are tested. The virus can be eliminated in each ... view
• 28 Apr 2020 in Senate: everybody has been tested and the virus is not there, then people can start doing business. That is an opportunity that we need. view
• 28 Apr 2020 in Senate: As other Senators have mentioned, we also have our capacity in terms of producing our own test kits and better research. All these are avenues that we need to explore as the Committee interrogates this issue. view
• 28 Apr 2020 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this will enable us to move to the next level. I thank you for giving me an opportunity. I also have some amendments for the Bill that is coming. view
• 21 Apr 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Medical issues are serious especially in terms of charging and billing of hospital bills, and the exorbitant prices that people are being charged. I wish to thank Sen. (Dr.) Mbito for bringing this Statement to the House. view
• 21 Apr 2020 in Senate: This is a liberal economy, and you can set your price. The issue is that people need to give a humane face to how they charge those prices. Most Kenyans go to India to view
• 21 Apr 2020 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