Kennedy Mong'are Okong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Jun 2013 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Motion brought by my Chief Whip. The Motion is a welcome move at this point in time. I also concur with the sentiments of my Party Leader, that we need an amendment to make it a proper and broad based Motion. My colleagues have spoken about factories and industries. I am going to talk about factories in Nyamira County. The factories there have no mechanisms in terms of discharge of effluent. This has caused a lot of agony to the environment and the surrounding families ... view
• 18 Jun 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for this opportunity but I will slightly gravitate away from the Motion and request a Statement of information either from the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 18 Jun 2013 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for saving me from my friend. I would like to support the Motion that was brought by the Senator for Migori, a medic of excellence and concur with other speakers who have spoken to the Motion like Dr. Khalwale who has put it candidly that what we need in our hospitals is primary care. As we move on to a system of devolved governments, we should equip the hospitals that are available. Some have done very well through the CDF projects. Those which are there need to be equipped. For instance, Nyamira County has one ... view
• 2 Jun 2013 in Senate: Asante sana, Bw. Naibu Spika, kwa kunipa nafasi hii ili nichangie Hoja hii ambayo imeletwa na mhe. Machage ambaye ni daktari mwenye tajiriba kuu. Bw. Naibu Spika, kwanza kabisa, Hoja hii ya kufanya matumizi ya drugs katika nchi hii kuwa janga la kitaifa ni muhimu sana. Madawa ya kulevya yamechangia sana hivi karibuni kwa--- view
• 2 Jun 2013 in Senate: Asante, Bw. Naibu Spika. Ningependa kuchangia Hoja hii ambayo imeletwa na Dkt. Machage, mwenye tajiriba kuu katika udaktari. Janga hii la vijana wetu kutumia madawa ya kulevya ni kubwa sana. Hivi majuzi Rais aliamuru kwamba wale watu wote wanaohusika na biashara ya madawa ya kulevya wanafaa kuchukuliwa hatua kali. Ninamshukuru kwa msimamo wake juu ya madawa haya. Inafaa pia janga hili lichukuliwe kama la kitaifa na liidhinishwe katika sheria ili hatua zichukuliwe za kupambana nalo na kuhusisha watu wote, wakiwemo walimu, viongozi wa kisiasa na dini. Janga hili limeharibu maisha ya vijana wetu. Bw. Naibu Spika, sina mengi kwa sababu ... view
• 23 Apr 2013 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the President’s Address. My name for the record is Mong’are Bw’Okong’o, the Senator for Nyamira County. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the President’s Address was broad. However, I need to just pick a few issues on what he said. Specifically, I have to start from health. I have seen what he intends to do with regard to the health sector. I come from Nyamira which has a population of about 600,000. We have a hospital which was started four years ago called Nyamira District Hospital. It is a sub-district ... view