2 Mar 2021 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I support this Statement by Sen. Mwaura.
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2 Mar 2021 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity. I support this Statement by Sen. Mwaura concerning retirement of Persons with Disabilities (PWD). There is already a policy in place on when PWD should retire. They have five years more. While others retire at 60, they retire at 65. However, in some places, sometimes PWD are required to retire before 65 years. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also brought a Motion concerning university lecturers with disabilities. Ideally, lecturers retire at the age of 70. So, the policy should cut across. If normal lecturers retire at 70, then lecturers with disabilities should retire ...
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2 Mar 2021 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to support the Statement by Sen. Sakaja, the Chair of the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare. Madam Deputy Speaker, the issue of cash transfer started some years back, to cushion the vulnerable in our society. It started as an experiment that eventually was effected. It started from Nyando and other districts. Madam Deputy Speaker, it was meant to be well meaning, to ensure that the vulnerable are being catered for. It is important that this programme is managed well. It needs to be well managed and coordinated. This is ...
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2 Mar 2021 in Senate:
(NHIF) cards. This cash transfer should address this issue, so that older people are covered by NHIF. Madam Deputy Speaker, I want to say before Sen. Sakaja on what is happening on the ground, in his capacity as the Chairman of the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare. The cash transfer is taken to a family. However, in a family, there are older people. At the same time, they also have grandchildren with disabilities. There is only one cash transfer given to that family, yet there are people with disabilities and the older people. This cash transfer should specifically benefit ...
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2 Mar 2021 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, for giving me an opportunity.
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2 Mar 2021 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity you have given me to support this Report. I congratulate the team of Sen. M. Kajwang’ for coming up with this Report. This is a Report that will be read---
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2 Mar 2021 in Senate:
Okay, Mr. Temporary Speaker. Thank you also for the extension of time. I thank Sen. M. Kajwang’ and his team for coming up with this Report because it is now in the history of many other documents. It is possible for anyone, even after some years, to look at it and see exactly what transpired in 2014/2015 Financial Year. It is now a permanent document that can even be availed to citizens to read and understand what exactly happened. An audit report is very important because it is supposed to show how county executives utilised the money given to them. ...
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2 Mar 2021 in Senate:
that were given were completed. If any work was allocated, was it completed for there to be pending bills? If there is a pending bill, it means a project that was allocated money has been completed. It is unfortunate that sometimes a hospital or a school in a county is under construction for many years. Every year, money is still allocated for the same project, but they are incomplete year in, year out. An audit report should show whether counties have utilized the money well. When county governors come to the Senate, their coming should not be viewed negatively. It ...
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2 Mar 2021 in Senate:
follow-up after six months, to find out whether what counties have purposed to do is for the good of wananchi. Follow-up is important in order to confirm whether what is on paper is also what is on the ground. There are people who are good at paperwork, talking about the millions and billions they have spent, but when you go to the ground, you find what has been done cannot be equated to what is on paper. So, there is need to reconcile what is on paper and what is on the ground and ensure county executives are doing the ...
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24 Feb 2021 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity support this Statement from Sen. (Dr.) Milgo. It is a very important Statement. We have to look for ways of encouraging girls to get into STEM subjects. Some years back, there were some subjects that were predominantly meant for girls and others for males because of perception. It is possible for us to change this perception so that girls are also encouraged to pursue STEM courses. One of the ways of doing this is for the Government to encourage and even come up with scholarships for girls who excel in ...
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