Godana Hargura

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• 18 Jun 2019 in Senate: to coordinate the procurement of those drugs. The national Government needs to procure, because it is an issue which cannot be handled by the counties. In that case, I would like KEMSA to be the coordinating agency in terms of procurement or sourcing these drugs from donors like the World Health Organisation (WHO) and The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) so that we can have timely distribution whenever there is an outbreak of that disease. That way, there will be a quick response, because it is done from one point. Unlike now, when it occurs, counties have to ... view
• 13 Jun 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I would like to make a comment on this Petition. This could be the third Petition we are getting along the same lines this week. Kenyans are getting worried about how county executives are going about the issue of employment. Madam Temporary Speaker, I urge the Committee to which the Petition will be committed to establish what kind of guidelines were given to the governors in terms of staffing of the governors’ offices. That seems to be where the free hand is. We also need to know the issue of the wage bill. Yesterday, I ... view
• 13 Jun 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, the issuance of passports has been a problem even before the introduction of the new passports. However, the problem is now compounded because even those who had passports need to acquire the new ones. view
• 13 Jun 2019 in Senate: If the Government is serious about issuance of passports, it has to decentralize the whole process of issuance of passports. I have been to Nyayo House severally to assist people who had urgent cases. There are elderly people from northern eastern Kenya who camp at Nyayo House throughout. That shows that there is a need to have a center in that region. I urge the Committee that instead of just asking where the passport issuance centers are, to also propose that the issuance of passports be decentralized the way the national identification cards are being done and the final step ... view
• 13 Jun 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. In the life of an individual or an institution, there always come a time when they have to prove their worth. This is the time for this Senate. view
• 13 Jun 2019 in Senate: We have already, through the courts of this country, established that we have a duty in the enactment of the Division of Revenue Act. That is where we are again supposed to make another progress and make it clear that the interest of the counties is taken care of once that Bill comes to the Floor of this House. That is where we are now having problems with the National Assembly who do not seem to understand why we need to have these counties. They also do not seem to understand why we need devolution. Madam Temporary Speaker, mine is ... view
• 13 Jun 2019 in Senate: going to the county governments. The said Department of Health is getting no money. We, therefore, have to put our feet down and make sure that devolution survives. view
• 13 Jun 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I would like to reply to this Motion. I thank the Members for supporting this Motion. As a Senate, we have already decided that we will operate differently from the other legislative institutions by going round the country so that first, we get to interact with the people of the counties whom we represent. So, we have to get a feeling of what Kenyans at that level are going through. Maybe county assemblies themselves are not even going around the counties. As the Senate, we have to go around all the county headquarters so that ... view
• 13 Jun 2019 in Senate: go out of its way to make sure that there will be no trips so that Members do not have reasons not to attend. Also, as Committees, we need to prioritize our activities to what business we have concerning that region. As a Member of the Committee on Roads and Transport, I know that we have the issue of roads in Kitui. We have been engaging institutions like the State Department of Roads and Transportation because of what the locals are complaining about.I have also had the opportunity of going to Kitui with Sen. Wambua when our Speaker opened the ... view
• 23 May 2019 in Senate: Yes. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I thank Sen. Murkomen for bringing up this issue because it is a situation which is now prevailing in, I think, the whole of the pastoralists‟ region of this country. It is a decision which we, as leaders are trying to understand. This is because for all this time, we knew very well that the NPS does not have enough manpower to provide security in vast areas of this country, especially the pastoralist areas, because of the vastness of the area, the sparseness of the population and also the way of life of the ... view