Johnes Mwashushe Mwaruma

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 May 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to weigh in on to the Statement by Sen. Mwaura that seeks to address the plight of the Small and Medium-size Enterprises (SMEs) in our country. Madam Temporary Speaker, it is true that we need to look at and address the plight of the SMEs. Given the economic down turn, the SMEs are doing very poorly. I want to address this issue in three areas. The first one is that county governments may consider to waive the licenses by--- The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information ... view
• 19 May 2020 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I had already spoken to the fact that we need to look at the tax regime in the counties, especially to do with licensing. We can do waiving. Secondly, there was a programme that was started by the President called view
• 19 May 2020 in Senate: SMEs Mashinani. If there is any opportune time to roll out the Kshs4 billion programme, then it is now so that you can cushion our small and micro enterprises. Thirdly, somebody called me three weeks ago informing me that there is a lot of pressure from Government agencies on him to repay his loans. He had taken a loan for his SMEs from the Kenya Industrial Estates (KIE), which gives loans to people who are doing business and who are putting products in the value chain; it could be agricultural products. We are wondering what we should do as Government ... view
• 19 May 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for struggling to remember my name and giving me this opportunity to weigh in and comment on this Report by the COVID-19 Committee. They have done an extremely good job in coming up with this Report. They have burnt their midnight oil. They have invited experts and I commend them for their work. view
• 19 May 2020 in Senate: I know that the thrust of the Fourth and Fifth Reports is economic and finance. I will talk briefly about some issues to do with health, even if they were addressed in the previous Report. If they are not checked, they will go a long way to become an impediment in fighting the Coronavirus Disease. view
• 19 May 2020 in Senate: First, as we speak, there was a suggestion that we have Intensive Care Units (ICU) in our hospitals. As we speak, some of the counties do not have ICU facilities yet. At the same time, there are counties that have worked very hard and established ICU facilities in less than 21 days. I recommend to the mother Ministry of Health (MoH) that they should recommend and maybe push that all counties have ICU facilities because they are the main component in the fight against the COVID-19. view
• 19 May 2020 in Senate: There was a suggestion at the counties, in the mainstream and social media, that we need to have the community health volunteers recognized and given some small stipend because of the kind of work they do in the fight against COVID-19. These people do a lot. Most counties do not recognize them, yet they are part of the frontline personnel and human resource that is fighting COVID-19. view
• 19 May 2020 in Senate: One of the things I mentioned in the morning was that the national Government, through the Public Service Commission (PSC) and County Public Service Boards (CPSBs), have undertaken to employ more human resource in the counties. There is an impediment to achieving this goal because the people who were shortlisted to go to counties to do the interviews sometimes may not be able to reach there due to the cessation of movement. I am wondering what measures or recommendations the Committee can put in place to make sure that those people who had moved to towns, for example, Nairobi and ... view
• 19 May 2020 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, having said that, I would like to talk about the economy and finance thematic area which is the thrust of this Fourth and Fifth reports. The truth of the matter is that, people on the ground are suffering because of loss of gainful employment. As it has been observed in the Report, most people who were working in the tourism and transport industries have lost their jobs and do not have food. view
• 19 May 2020 in Senate: As I speak, there are so many messages and phone calls in my phone of people who are asking for food which is a basic commodity. They are sleeping hungry and are lucky if they can even get a cup of porridge for the family. We need to implore upon the national and county governments to make food accessible to these people. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view