Isaac Maigua Mwaura

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Mar 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to support this Motion by Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve. This is a timely Motion because it seeks to ensure that the Government is made accountable in regards to oncological interventions for cancer patients. We are actually facing a crisis of insurmountable proportion because of the manner in which cancer has invaded each and every crack and cream of our society primarily because of our lifestyles. Of course, human beings have also become innovative, but there are no proper studies that show to what extent the products and the environment are affecting us. We cannot even tell. ... view
• 4 Mar 2021 in Senate: The fact that cancer is a non-communicable disease (NCD) means that sometimes it will not be taken too seriously because it is not transmittable in the same way as Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) or HIV/AIDS, for example. It does not mean that it does not affecting our people. People are suffering in silence. Madam Temporary Speaker, therefore, we, as this august House, need to find ways. I think this Motion seeks to provide solutions to the problem. I also think that the view
• 4 Mar 2021 in Senate: measures proposed are good especially if you look at provision of a stipend. That then would mean that it will guarantee or accrue to many people despite their type of cancer. Further, the Motion goes ahead and discusses the specificities of breast cancer and those who lose their limbs, for example. That is okay. However, cancer is so widespread. There is cancer of the colon and we can keep on mentioning. Madam Temporary Speaker, I have had to help in the treatment of many people with albinism, many of whom have had to die because of skin cancer. It is ... view
• 4 Mar 2021 in Senate: the Westminster aspect, but also to do the African aspect. There is that confluence. You have to take people’s medical bills. It is constant. If you do not do it, then you are not serving your people. You are not doing representation enough. It leads to a question. The Big Four Agenda was very promising, if we can reallocate. We have just come from doing the Budget Policy Statement (BPS). Can we reallocate resources as per this Motion going by the Abuja Declaration, so that we provide for 15 per cent of resources to healthcare? Madam Temporary Speaker, when we ... view
• 4 Mar 2021 in Senate: Bill is a money Bill and, therefore, taxing the Exchequer to ensure that that charge actually sees light of day; we need to discuss. Madam Temporary Speaker, if we are to provide these stipends, would they resolve the problem? Do we need over and above the stipends to make sure we put in place administrative measures within the said hospitals and medical facilities? That is whether it is inpatient or outpatient. This will cushion this patient from the time that he or she is diagnosed to the time they are able to manage it. There is also the issue of ... view
• 2 Mar 2021 in Senate: Asante sana Bw. Spika. Ninaunga mkono Kauli hiyo. Kwa kweli barabara zetu za Kenya, mara nyingi kuna wale wanaoshinda hizo zabuni lakini wanachukua muda mrefu sana kuzijenga na hususan makadirio ya fedha ambazo zinatengwa zinapita kipimo. Kwa mfano utakuta barabara zingine zinajengwa kwa Ksh40 millioni kwa kilomita na zingine zinafika mpaka billioni moja. Maendeleo ni sawa lakini ni muhimu sana isiwe pia ni maendeleo ya ufisadi ambayo nia yake ni kuwaibia Wakenya hususan pia tukiangalia muda ambao unachukuliwa kutengeneza hizo barabara. Ni jambo la msingi ambalo linafaa kuangaziwa zaidi. Ninafikiri tunafaa kuwa na ratiba nzuri ambayo inaorodhesha viwango vya fedha ... view
• 2 Mar 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I hear my friend the Senator of Nairobi City County asking me to do it in Kiswahili, but this one, I had processed in English, just to show that Kiswahili is not for those people who have not gone to school. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.48(1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Labour and Social Welfare - of which Sen. Sakaja is the Chair - regarding the national Government’s interventions to cushion persons with developmental disabilities, in line with the Big Four Agenda on Universal Health Coverage (UHC). In the ... view
• 2 Mar 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.48(1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Labour and Social Welfare regarding the implementation of the guidelines by the Ministry of Public Service, Youth and Gender Affairs on the retirement age for public servants with disabilities. In the Statement, the Committee should- (1) Elaborate on how the guidelines on retirement for public servants with disabilities have been implemented across all Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies, including the whole of public service. (2) Explain mechanisms put in place by the Ministry of Public Service, Youth and Gender Affairs to ... view
• 2 Mar 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I was actually debating the same because I did not know whether you comment after a report of your Chairperson. There is need to ensure that we have an integrated management information system--- view
• 2 Mar 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, you know Sen. M. Kajwang’ had just informed us that when people retire they get wheelbarrows. There is a need for a management information system under the Inua Jamii programme because there is a lot of duplication. The issue of targeting is really critical because I had done a research on this programme. It was one of my thesis in my postgraduate. Some of those things are about human agency and how do we ensure that you remove them from the system. We have old people receiving money and there are some people waiting in the periphery ... view