Joseph Kirui Limo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 May 2017 in National Assembly: This Bill is very important. I have to make it very clear that when this Bill is passed, it will help people. Many people do not understand what occupational therapy is all about. In fact, most of those people might be lying idle wherever they are because the public is not well informed of their usefulness. Kenyans are used to having people who have been injured being The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 24 May 2017 in National Assembly: treated in hospitals and after they get well, they are either treated as people with disabilities or they are left alone to wallow in poverty. People are not aware that there are trained professionals who can give them life skills, which can help them start their lives afresh. They can be trained on various skills and alternative ways of living. In most cases, people who are injured are, for example, artisans undertaking construction works. Once they sustain injuries, they cannot continue undertaking building works. They cannot be carpenters anymore because their bodies can no longer perform the duties they used ... view
• 24 May 2017 in National Assembly: treated in hospitals and after they get well, they are either treated as people with disabilities or they are left alone to wallow in poverty. People are not aware that there are trained professionals who can give them life skills, which can help them start their lives afresh. They can be trained on various skills and alternative ways of living. In most cases, people who are injured are, for example, artisans undertaking construction works. Once they sustain injuries, they cannot continue undertaking building works. They cannot be carpenters anymore because their bodies can no longer perform the duties they used ... view
• 24 May 2017 in National Assembly: Occupational therapy professionals are the most all-rounded people because they are able to mould an individual to do alternative jobs and to have alternative sources of income. Therefore, we should support those professionals in all ways because they empower the nation. When we talk about empowerment, what quickly comes to our minds is funding. People only talk about youth and women empowerment, but say very little about the injured or disabled. We only talk about the disabled in the context that they were born that way. However, there are quite a big percentage of people who become disabled through accidents ... view
• 24 May 2017 in National Assembly: Occupational therapy professionals are the most all-rounded people because they are able to mould an individual to do alternative jobs and to have alternative sources of income. Therefore, we should support those professionals in all ways because they empower the nation. When we talk about empowerment, what quickly comes to our minds is funding. People only talk about youth and women empowerment, but say very little about the injured or disabled. We only talk about the disabled in the context that they were born that way. However, there are quite a big percentage of people who become disabled through accidents ... view
• 24 May 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I support. view
• 24 May 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I support. view
• 24 May 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this important Bill. I know this is an issue because we had already passed this stage, but because of procedural issues, we are back. This is a time when, as a country, we should actually decide what happens with such Bills. Whereas we have mediation between the National Assembly and the Senate, it is important to have a sustainable way of resolving the issues because more often, it is very rare for any Bill to move out of the National Assembly and come back the way it ... view
• 24 May 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this important Bill. I know this is an issue because we had already passed this stage, but because of procedural issues, we are back. This is a time when, as a country, we should actually decide what happens with such Bills. Whereas we have mediation between the National Assembly and the Senate, it is important to have a sustainable way of resolving the issues because more often, it is very rare for any Bill to move out of the National Assembly and come back the way it ... view
• 24 May 2017 in National Assembly: It is also important for our people to know that counties are supposed to charge some service user fee for the use of the facilities which were minimal. At some point, they charged Kshs20 or sometimes Kshs100 to visit Government hospitals. The national Government, through conditional allocations, has given counties Kshs900 million to cater for free attention at medical clinics at the county level. So, Kenyans should know that the national Government has done a The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view