Godliver Nanjira Omondi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Oct 2013 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for allowing me to support the Motion and contribute towards the same. I have a few issues to put across. I thank the Committee for the effort and for this detailed report about their visit to different counties. I wish to put a correction about the physically challenged persons in the society. It does not sound good because it is eliminating other types of disabilities, more than five of them, other unknown or invisible disabilities. The best words to use are that the learning institutions should be disability-friendly. The facilities should be disability- friendly to ... view
• 23 Oct 2013 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I stand to support and make some contributions towards this Motion. I request the committee, as it goes round the counties, to consider the issue of Education Assessment and Rehabilitation Centres (EARC). That is where children are assessed and referred. This one caters especially for children with disabilities. The EARCs have been dying. Right now, we have two active EARCs around the country. If they are dying, then how will we promote the assessment of children before they are placed into schools? It is through EARCs that we can assess and determine the capacity ... view
• 22 Oct 2013 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I take this opportunity to second the amendment on the Motion. For sure, this is a very serious Motion that needs a lot of attention. As a colleague rightfully said, employment is like life. Joking with somebody’s employment is like killing somebody. We need to think on humanitarian grounds. As a leader, a legislator and as a parent, these are our brothers, sisters and, indeed, we need to support their well being. We should not allow the county governments to do away with them. Within the personnel working for the county governments and within the ... view
• 17 Oct 2013 in Senate: On a point of information, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 17 Oct 2013 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to inform my fellow Senator that as he speaks or informs us about the challenges being faced by the people seeking health services, there is a lot to be looked into, especially in terms of physiotherapy. Most of those who require physiotherapy developed problems due to messes by the service providers. For example, you will find that during the administration of treatment, especially injections, most patients suffer or acquire disability, because of carelessness. These patients are subjected to physiotherapy to adjust to the new type of life. Such patients are supposed to be ... view
• 17 Oct 2013 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will hold on. view
• 17 Oct 2013 in Senate: Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir; I did yesterday. But I will request for maybe next week. view
• 17 Oct 2013 in Senate: To give my maiden speech. view
• 17 Oct 2013 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was not aware; I was just contributing. After my contribution, I was told that, that was my maiden speech when, in fact, it was not written. view
• 17 Oct 2013 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I was informing the Floor that amongst the challenges that we face are physiotherapy facilities. Most health service providers lack that facility, and where it is available, the service is not up to the standard that is required. In addition, patients are forced to walk for long distances, and this denies them such services. At the end of the day, you find that they cannot achieve the requirement of the doctor, which leads to a situation where, for some people who had a minor disability, it now becomes a major one because the services ... view
• 16 Oct 2013 in Senate: Thank you so much, Madam Temporary Speaker. I take this opportunity to support the Motion and to comment on a few things. My concern within the Report is about the issue of staffing which raises a lot of alarm amongst the staff working for these counties. I want my fellow Senators, when they talk about the issue of staffing, to balance the equation, putting in mind that these are our voters; they contributed towards our being here and we should not be the first ones to cast stones to throw them out of their employment. We should ensure that we ... view