31 Mar 2020 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, as we continue dealing with this disease, food must reach as many Kenyans as possible across the country. For us to continue getting food, farmers
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31 Mar 2020 in Senate:
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31 Mar 2020 in Senate:
must continue producing. We must continue to provide opportunities for farmers to deliver the food to the places that it is required. I, therefore, request that a stimulus package be directed to farmers to ensure that they produce cheap food that will serve as many Kenyans as possible. I also suggest that we must hire more doctors and nurses. This issue is going to give us a big problem in hiring medical personnel. The resources that have been set aside for this emergency should go towards hiring more medical personnel even if it means having them on contract for two ...
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31 Mar 2020 in Senate:
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31 Mar 2020 in Senate:
Lastly, we need to utilize all the leaders in this country. Although we have our former colleague Sen. Kagwe at helm of the Ministry, it is not enough to think that this COVID19 is being dealt with by one or two Cabinet Secretaries (CS). We want to see the Cabinet meeting more often and having various committees. We could have a committee dealing with finance, energy, livestock and agriculture. We want to see how we guarantee food supply to people. We do not reduce this to one or two departments of Government. Government must now recalibrate itself to be a ...
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31 Mar 2020 in Senate:
Your Excellency the President this is the time to call the leader of opposition and all party leaders in the country to sit down together with your Deputy President and the Cabinet to discuss this pandemic. There is no person in this country who cannot sit on the table and provide solution to the problem---
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31 Mar 2020 in Senate:
I have two minutes to go. I beg that you restrict the points of order so that I can sit. If I keep on responding to points of order---
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31 Mar 2020 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, we need to put side our political competition and doing political scores with COVID-19. There should be nothing wrong with me and Sen. Orengo and people who are in the Opposition or whatever political divide finding solutions to the problems affecting Kenyans. This is not the time for dealing with politics and to go to sectoral places. That is why I am very happy with this Committee. It will play a bipartisan role. I hope the National Assembly will also come up with a similar Committee so that they work together and give solutions. The Senate Minority ...
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17 Mar 2020 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to give notice of the following Motion-
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17 Mar 2020 in Senate:
THAT, AWARE THAT, Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), a new strain of Coronaviruses that was discovered in December 2019 is an infectious disease known to cause respiratory infections ranging from common cold, fever, tiredness, aches and pains to more severe health complications;
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