18 Apr 2023 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, indeed the hon. Senator of Mombasa County, Sen. Faki, sought a Statement on the issue of disconnection of electricity to the Coast General and Referral Hospital. The Statement was committed to my Committee and it is
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18 Apr 2023 in Senate:
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18 Apr 2023 in Senate:
still under consideration. We have had so many Statements and in some, we opted to invite the Members and they are in our schedule of invitation for consideration.
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29 Mar 2023 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Statement sought by Sen. Crystal Asige on the issue of PWDs. Without proper data, it would be impossible for this country to plan effectively for PWDs. When you see statistics are not consistent, it means that Government interventions that are supposed to go towards supporting PWDs in this country will be so inconsistent and will not make any meaningful progress. The Kenya National Bureau and Statistics (KNBS) needs to supply proper data of PWDs. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we also encourage families in this country who have PWDs or ...
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22 Mar 2023 in Senate:
Thank you, very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. My Committee of Health is seized of this very pertinent issue. We had the opportunity yesterday to have a sitting with a number of unions. However, there are things that need to be put into perspective. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have heard the Senator for Nairobi City County saying we cannot continue blame games here and there because health is a devolved function.
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22 Mar 2023 in Senate:
Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. There are a number of other pertinent issues. We agree with this Petition, that other than the UHC staff, we also have internship programmes for the various cadres of health. Some cadres are given stipends during internship while there are others who do not. For those stipends that are being paid, it also varies for the same cadres in the different trainings. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the reason the Ministry of Health has continued to hire workers to perform devolved function is because the Ministry in itself is inherent in clawing back on the ...
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22 Mar 2023 in Senate:
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22 Mar 2023 in Senate:
We cannot continue as a Senate that is supposed to protect devolution to allow the growth of the budget of Ministry of Health to rise exponentially from when devolution started and when the health function was devolved. As I speak, we have more than 10,000 health facilities being managed by county governments. The Ministry of Health, the civil servants and the bureaucrats in that Ministry must be willing to release the funds that they are holding. We cannot as a Senate continue allowing Ministries to undermine county governments, so that counties look like they are unable to perform their functions. ...
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22 Mar 2023 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, this Petition is very pertinent. As the Chair of that Committee we shall be well seized of the matter and we shall properly---
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22 Mar 2023 in Senate:
On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker.
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