Ledama Olekina

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Jun 2019 in Senate: It is imperative that we support devolution so that county governments can empower institutions in counties to provide medical care to people with mental illness. I hope that Sen. Kasanga will amend this Bill at the Committee Stage to ensure that every Government department will have a psychiatrist to help our people. If you count the number of psychiatrists we have in this country versus the number of people who suffer from mental illness, you will be shocked. I hope she will find a way to include an aspect where every institution, particularly these big corporations, will be obligated by ... view
• 11 Jun 2019 in Senate: The biggest challenge we have now is that a lot of what we do tends to benefit people in urban settings. I would love to see an inclusion of rural health care facilities in The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 11 Jun 2019 in Senate: this Bill. We need to have some form of support to those small hospitals in the counties. We know that health is one of the very expensive things in this country, and only the rich can get the best medical facilities and rehabilitation centres. It would, therefore, be good for us to also consider the poor people in the rural areas. There are some areas where people do not know what a hospital is. I think that was in the minds of the drafters of our Constitution when they were devolving health, so that it could go down to the ... view
• 11 Jun 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, since we now have an opportunity to align this to the Constitution and to the Health Act, it will be proper for Sen. Kasanga to find a way to include a requirement that those dispensaries at home have a department that can talk to another department at the county level so that the people in the rural areas can also benefit. view
• 11 Jun 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the statistics are quite alarming. We talk about one out of four people suffering from some form of mental illness. When I look around, we might have two or three people in this House right now who are completely insane. view
• 11 Jun 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I am only speaking of the realities in this country, because maybe I just chewed a moment of insanity. That is the norm. That happens every day because of the challenges we go through. I can see one of my good friends maybe also thinking that what I said could be true. view
• 11 Jun 2019 in Senate: To end my contribution, I fully support Sen. Kasanga in her amendments. I hope that she can also include a section that treats Persons with Disabilities (PWDs), because it is really a challenge to them. Just imagine one is already disabled, and then he or she suffers some form of mental illness. Let us help them because they are forced to go through some form of psychological trauma by the fact that they have been put into this world differently; then they go through another mental breakdown. These people are so disadvantaged. view
• 11 Jun 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg my sister to include a specific clause that focuses on PWDs of any form so that they can be taken care of by either county governments. Even when they come to the national referral centres, they should be treated with a lot of dignity. All we are asking for is that we accept the realities of this world. We need to accept people who are suffering from mental illness and support them so that they can live a normal life as we are living. view
• 11 Jun 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to support. view
• 6 Jun 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I rise to support this Statement and pray for my colleague, Sen. Anuar Loitiptip. I hope that he recovers. This raises a very serious concern, and this House ought to think about the security of its Members. I am aware that some of our Members have had their security detail withdrawn. Are we serious when we withdraw the security of Members who are out there working for Kenyans? I join my colleague, Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr, in urging the Speaker of this House to speak on the security of Members. It is about time that the security ... view