Kiplagat Jackson Mandago

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 May 2024 in Senate: “The Commission shall prepare and publish maps on its website.” view
• 29 May 2024 in Senate: Publishing maps on the website is good because it is cost effective and is easily accessible to those with capacity in terms of technology and access to internet. However, this limits the rest of the public who are not accessible to internet, and we all know that not all parts of this country have access to internet. We would like to thank the national Government because there is a robust programme to roll out a digital super highway in this country. However, because of redundancy measures and sometimes, technology can fail us, it will be necessary for the electoral body ... view
• 29 May 2024 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, this will give the public the opportunity to scrutinize those maps because boundaries have always contributed to wrangles and disagreements; and sometimes, they even cause fights. As a country and a continent, we know what the colonial boundaries have done to us. Today, we have a problem between communities that were divided between two nationalities. We have the Maasai people of Kenya and the Maasai of Tanzania. We also have the Teso people of Uganda and the Teso people of Kenya. We have the Pokot of Kenya and the Pokot of Uganda. Sometimes, we have seen how ... view
• 29 May 2024 in Senate: has created many security concerns and issues which end up leaving us with devastating relations between counties and communities. Therefore, when these maps are availed to communities, there is opportunity to review and agree in a manner that is going to foster intercommunity relations within that jurisdiction. This will create acceptance and make the work of the Commission easy even as they conclude their report. Madam Temporary Speaker, the other provision for access is that it will be available in Parliament. Parliament is a restricted area, and it is extremely difficult for citizens to access it. Even in our offices ... view
• 29 May 2024 in Senate: Asante, Bw. Spika. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I agree with what Sen. Oketch Gicheru has said. As Members of the mediation team, it is not that we, as Senators, would not want to have as much resources going to the counties, but we must be reasonable to the performance of the economy and the current state. Let me also say to the Speaker that because of the current situation where we have governors in particular counties who have refused to even honour summons to the Senate. For instance, the governor of Isiolo County. There is no single mortuary in the entire ... view
• 29 May 2024 in Senate: county. People of Isiolo County are suffering going to Meru and other neighbouring counties for medical care and morgue services. Even we, as the Senate, fight to have resources increased to go to counties, in future, we may consider channelling those funds through Conditional Allocation, so that it can benefit specific programmes, which will be felt by the public and boost economies of our counties. Finally, it is imperative for governors to ensure that they pay verified pending bills that are in their counties. Governments are perpetual and they cannot purport that since they were not there during that period, ... view
• 22 May 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. My supplementary question to the Cabinet Secretary follows what Sen. Mutinda asked about coffee. We hear there are plans to waive loans for coffee farmers. Are there plans to also waive loans for cereal farmers through the AFC loans? A supplementary question for Sen. Mungatana’s Question on livestock. Are there plans to supply the outstanding milk coolers under the programme that was run by your Ministry through the support of Polish Government, as some counties such as mine, had already built the structures? The milk coolers were supposed to come from the Ministry of ... view
• 16 May 2024 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I would like to inform the Senator for Kakamega County so that he does not wonder why the women in Kisumu sit like that. The women in Kisumu County observe decency. view
• 8 May 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following paper on the Table of the Senate today, 8th May, 2024- Report of the Standing Committee on Health on its consideration of the Maternal, New Born and Child Health Bill (Senate Bills No. 17 of 2023) view
• 8 May 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. This is a Statement on the nationwide health workers’ strike. Pursuant to Standing Order No. 56(1)(a), I beg to make a statement on an issue of general topical concern; namely, the nationwide health workers’ strike. Mr. Speaker, Sir, according to the Council of Governors (CoG), there are approximately 4,398 doctors and 31,923 nurses serving in 16,655 county health facilities countrywide. This is up from 874 doctors and 6,620 nurses in 2013. On 13th March, 2024, the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union (KMPDU) initiated a strike following a notice given on 6th March, 2024. Grievances ... view