Johnes Mwashushe Mwaruma

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 May 2020 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, we have locked them down to control the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19). If they do not die out of COVID-19, they will die because of hunger. There are many initiatives that have been started by the national and county governments to raise funds through public-private initiatives. They are commendable, but they are not enough. view
• 19 May 2020 in Senate: We had budgets in the county governments. My recommendation would be to let the county executives and assemblies look at the budgets again. Let them pass budgets that would appropriate some money to ensure that the poor and vulnerable people can get a small subsidy or stipend to cater for food. Madam Temporary Speaker, there was a suggestion in the morning that county assemblies are not meeting because of the social distancing issue. As the Senate, we are meeting and the National Assembly is meeting. Why can they not be innovative enough and come up with ways and means of ... view
• 19 May 2020 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, we need to look for ways of bringing back our economy on its footpath. Our new normal would be washing hands, putting on masks and social distancing all through. Therefore, we must think of ways and means of bringing this economy back to its footing. We cannot afford the loss of revenue that we are experiencing right now, loss of PAYE, VAT, import duty and so on. I was telling somebody one time that in future, when our children will be looking at us - that is if there is no vaccine or we do not curb ... view
• 19 May 2020 in Senate: We need to really seal the panya routes that they are using to come to Kenya and to go to Tanzania. If we do not do so, again, we will be leaving open the paths to having this disease cross either from Kenya to Tanzania or from Tanzania to Kenya. We really need to do a lot of stuff there. Lastly is to the researchers. Previously when we were fighting the HIV/AIDS pandemic, people thought that this a natural science issue. However, later on, we discovered that the people who did a lot of commendable work were the social scientists. ... view
• 19 May 2020 in Senate: were bitten by a mosquito which had bitten someone with it, you could easily contract it. However, in a research, social scientists asked, how come a mother who is HIV/AIDS positive can live for 20 years in the same house with her daughter or a son who is HIV/AIDS negative and not get it? That was research from a social scientist. Maybe we need to give a multi-faceted approach to research in this COVID-19 pandemic. I know by the end of day; we will crack it. Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. view
• 5 May 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I did not know what the report was all about,. So it would not be proper--- view
• 5 May 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker Sir, it was before he started presenting, but now I am privy to what he is saying. My good friend Sen. Ndwiga, I want it to go on record that Taita Taveta County also produces coffee and the county is very viable when it comes to production of cotton. We are neighbours with the Senator for Makueni who has not complained. However, I am complaining because next to Makueni, we have Kishushe which is an area that is viable for cotton growing. We normally communicate through WhatsApp and some of this information should have been put in WhatsApp ... view
• 5 May 2020 in Senate: It is a point of order because information concerning all Senators is disseminated using WhatsApp. Instead, the chair used phone calls to Sen. Wetangula instead of putting it in a place like WhatsApp where all of us can see and benefit from it. view
• 21 Apr 2020 in Senate: Asante, Bw. Spika kwa kunipa hii fursa kuungana na Maseneta wenzangu kumshukuru Kiongozi wa Wengi kwa Taarifa aliyotupa kuhusu janga liliotokea katika kaunti za Elgeyo-Marakwet na Pokot ya Magharibi. Tunaomboleza wale ambao walipatwa na janga hili. Tunaomba Serikali ijizatiti na kusaidia walioathirika. Wapewe chakula na nyumba. Serikali inaweza kutengeneza hema ili wale wananchi wasiendelee kuteseka. Wengi wa wale walioathirika sana ni watoto na akina mama. Kusema kweli hatuko sawa sana katika muundo wa sheria hapa nchini. Ninajiunga na akina Sen. Sakaja na wengine kusema kwamba kuna njia tunaweza leta muundo wa kisheria wa kusimamia majanga hapa nchini. Pia nakubaliana na ... view
• 21 Apr 2020 in Senate: 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