Ledama Olekina

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• 7 May 2024 in Senate: mothers need care. This Bill talks about future mothers, pregnant mothers and those who have delivered, and I love that. I request that we combine them, so that they shall maintain the same policy. The care we are seeking to provide these mothers ought to be intertwined with the children. If today any of our citizens go to the hospital and delivers, the policy now covers both the mother and the unborn child. The moment the child is put on a table, the hospital asks that you provide a medical cover for that child. Who knows if that child will ... view
• 7 May 2024 in Senate: Should we now be talking about costing that? How much it will cost per child to be provided with these services. Then, this House allocates that money and we deduct it from the money being allocated to the Ministry of Health (MoH). Mr. Speaker, Sir, if today you take a look at the budget of the MoH, you will be shocked. It is almost equivalent to the allocation of almost 30 counties. What do they do? Just a bunch of policies, talking and running up and down. They cannot even sit down and agree with the doctors. The person who ... view
• 7 May 2024 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I know many of my colleagues want to contribute to this. I persuade my sister to re-look at this Bill because as I perused it, I realised that there are many responsibilities given to the Cabinet Secretary on this issue of health. The same Bill talks about us respecting our cultures. Apart from this business of nowadays where we say a county is cosmopolitan just because of interests, our county governments have been divided based on cultures, tribal groups and affiliations. We need to give more responsibilities to county governments. We should literally start by allocating ... view
• 7 May 2024 in Senate: sure that, everyone who has a fiduciary duty or a responsibility remembers that they will not live in this world forever. Right now, all our hospitals are closed. Do not let anybody lie to you that hospitals are open. It is only us, the rich, who can be able to afford hospitals. No one gives a hooting hell about the strike of the doctors. When we fall sick, we will get on a plane with business class tickets and go to Dubai for treatment. As for the people who brought us here, what do they do, they wallow in poverty ... view
• 7 May 2024 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the best thing would have been to ask me whether I am on order or out of order. However, I stand firmly with my position that we are hypocrites. This is because when we fall sick, our policy can cater for us, for up to 45 days outside this country. We have a Commissioner here and she can attest to that. Let us stop being hypocrites and call a spade a spade. Right now, we are here, but when the doctors were outside there at the gate, we did not go. All of us could not ... view
• 7 May 2024 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I will conclude because the point of order by my good friend, Sen. Eddy Oketch, is frivolous. view
• 7 May 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I am happy to be informed by my brother, the Chief Whip. Please, inform me. view
• 7 May 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I appreciate the Chief Whip for informing me. I am fully informed. I was seated right here when he called the attention of the Speaker on the issue of the doctors. To that I say, kongole. My time has been interfered with, but I am concluding. Please give me one more minute. I fully, fully support this Bill. I hope that as I support this Bill, my dear sister will come to our Committee on Health, so that when we are looking at this Bill, we will The electronic version of the Senate Hansard ... view
• 7 May 2024 in Senate: incorporate a few amendments at the Committee of the Whole that can make it functional. This is because as it is there are many things that do not take care of this generation but they take care of future generations. They are good and I support that. However, we need to think about our priorities in this country. Health should be our number one priority. We have challenges today and they will be made worse because we seem to have missed our priorities even on this issue of the floods. There will be many people who will suffer from cholera ... view
• 7 May 2024 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, is the Deputy Majority Leader in order to refer to herself as an elderly woman, when we know that she is still a very young lady, active and a distinguished Senator? view