22 Sep 2020 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to give my thoughts. I want to start by saying that I do not support the pronouncement by the CJ because it was not well-thought out. He needed the three arms of Government to come together to have a conversation for the sake of this nation before that pronouncement was made. No arm of Government should work alone. In as much as I support that we need to ensure the Two-Thirds Gender Rule, I want to say on the Floor of this House - I will not blink even if ...
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17 Sep 2020 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, with your permission, I would be interested in giving a quick comment concerning this particular report. When it comes to issues of animal treatment, there is a course in Medicine, where eventually, people become veterinary doctors. They take six years to qualify. I am just wondering whether this range management course takes the same number of years. Also, when it comes to the curriculum and the nitty-gritty, does it meet what is required to be a veterinary doctor? There is need to interrogate. I do not know whether the report interrogated that. Thank you, for the opportunity.
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15 Sep 2020 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to support this Petition. I thank Sen. (Dr.) Mwaura for bringing this Petition to the Floor of the House. UHC is one of the Big Four Agenda. As the Senate, we have to support people with chronic diseases. There are people who need dialysis.
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15 Sep 2020 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity.
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15 Sep 2020 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to support this important Petition that affects millions of Kenyans. UHC is important because there are Kenyans with chronic diseases. There are those who suffer from blood pressure and others need dialysis on a weekly basis. Families are suffering because you will find that the head of the family is looking for money for dialysis since he is not covered. There is need to ensure that National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) covers dialysis patients, so that the families are cushioned.
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15 Sep 2020 in Senate:
As I speak about dialysis patients, there are patients suffering from cancer and no one cares about them. There is need for NHIF to ensure that it is doing something about Kenyans. As the Senate, we must cushion families. There are a number of Kenyans who are suffering from different diseases and nobody cares. There is need for this Petition to be taken to the right Committee and for it to ensure that it expedites. The onus is ours to ensure that we support the common man. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I support the Petition.
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8 Sep 2020 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you for giving me an opportunity to support this petitioner. Indeed, it is good for Kenyans to bring their petitions to the Senate because this is where they can be listened to. The petitioner, Mr. Mutembei, is justified to bring the petition to this House. He was hired as a procurement officer based on the qualifications he had. It is unfortunate that he was deployed to an area that he is not competent in. It is also unfortunate that the County Government of Tharaka Nithi did that. If there is an accusation that he accepted ...
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8 Sep 2020 in Senate:
Madam Deputy Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion - THAT, Aware that Section 46 of the Basic Education Act, 2013 mandates the county education boards to provide for Education Assessment and Research Centres (EARCs), including a special needs service in identified clinics in the respective counties; FURTHER AWARE, That the functions of EARCs as provided by the Act include the study of children with special education needs within the county; the giving of advice to parents and teachers as to appropriate methods of education for such children; in suitable cases, provision for the special education needs ...
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8 Sep 2020 in Senate:
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8 Sep 2020 in Senate:
Madam Deputy Speaker, I want to take this opportunity to thank all my colleagues for hailing me for this position. I am truly humbled to have been picked to serve humanity. It is not by mistake that I am disabled. It was designed by God, and I appreciate the way God allowed it. It is my prayer that God will use me as he intends to. I thank you so much for being supportive to this initiative. I want to let my collogues know that Sen. (Prof.) Kamar was earmarked for this particular position from the embassy. They looked at ...
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