8 Oct 2020 in Senate:
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8 Oct 2020 in Senate:
was allocated to another project in the subsequent year, because there is an unequal development in areas. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, with the Equalization Fund, all Kenyans will enjoy all services. There are a lot of disparities in terms of development in this country; some counties have more health facilities than others. It is a pity that in some schools classes are made of mud and plastered with cow dung. This should not happen with this Equalization Fund. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. is tickling me.
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8 Oct 2020 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as we are thinking of reopening schools, this Fund can be used to buy masks and put up more classrooms. This Bill involves locals in identifying a project of their choice. When they are involved, they end up owning it because they were given opportunity to identify their needs. This Bill also talks about Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) being members of the Equalization Fund Committee at ward level. When we talk of PwDs sitting on the board, they should not just sit there to rubberstamp the decisions of others. We must come up with economic activities ...
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7 Oct 2020 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to support this Statement by Sen. Cherargei. Before I support the Statement, allow me to wish the teachers happy belated Teachers’ Day. I looked for an opportunity yesterday, which I did not get. I am a teacher by profession. All the years of my life I have taught. I have taught two years in primary school after my ‘A’ level. After my diploma, I taught in various secondary schools including a school for the disabled. Even after Masters and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees, I have 14 years’ experience teaching ...
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7 Oct 2020 in Senate:
There is need for the Ministry of Education to work with us. As I speak, the Ministry of Health clearly came out and stated the preparations they are making, but the Ministry of Education has not come out to convince Kenyans that they are ready for schools to reopen.
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7 Oct 2020 in Senate:
We cannot take it for granted that the Ministry says that we are reopening in two days or two weeks' time, and children should go back to school. They have to give us reasons and justify our curiosity that they have prepared adequately for schools to reopen. If they set money aside, what have they done for schools to reopen?
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7 Oct 2020 in Senate:
Madam Deputy Speaker, I thank you for the opportunity. I hope that when this situation is brought to the Committee on Education, where I sit, the Cabinet Secretary (CS) himself will come before us. He should not send an assistant or anybody else. We want him to come before us, so that we walk this journey together for the children of this country.
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7 Oct 2020 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker.
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7 Oct 2020 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to support this Motion. When doctors or clinical officers graduate, they take the Hippocratic Oath. They swear to take the patient’s life first before anything else. I condemn the act that happened at M.P. Shah Hospital. It is unfortunate that a mother lost her life and it is painful. That is something that ought to have been arrested. We have such cases in many of our hospitals. There is a case at Pumwani Maternity Hospital where a mother delivered on the ground. Thank God that the woman did not die, ...
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7 Oct 2020 in Senate:
per cent of the national revenue collected should go to health. This should be practical on the ground, so that there is service delivery to Kenyans.
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